Guitarist Jan Åkesson and vocalist Peter Grundström met in August 1984 at a gig. Jan played in a band called Ravage and Peter was the vocalist of the band Whitelight. Soon Jan joined Whitelight. In 1987 Jan and Whitelight parted ways and Jan focused on playing more guitar-oriented hard rock. Peter continued as a member of Whitelight but Jan wasn’t replaced. Soon Whitelight changed their name to Kee Avenue. In…
Mortiis is giving fans an opportunity to get creative with the tracks from “Perfectly Defect” through the nearly-launched “Mortiis Remixed” site (www.remix.mortiis.com). The site is a forum that allows anyone with access to music programs such as Live, Cubase, Logic, and Garageband, to download separated tracks and loops and create their own remixes. “Or simply abuse at will,” Mortiis laughed.” The fan-created tracks can then be uploaded to the remix…
Travellers – this new musical project was brought into existence by Wojtek Szadkowski, known from his work in such acclaimed bands as Collage, Satellite, and Strawberry Fields. The band recorded their debut album in line-up consisting of Robin (vocals), Grzegorz “sencha atta” Leczkowski (guitars), Krzysiek Palczewski (bass), and Wojtek Szadkowski (keys, drums). “A Journey Into The Sun Within” consists of 6 tracks and as Wojtek Szadkowski describes: “It’s a mixture…
JUNE 15 BALTIMORE, MD OTTOBAR JUNE 16 RICHMOND, VA GROOVIN IN THE GARDEN (Maymount)** JUNE 17 JIM THORPE, PA MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE JUNE 18 CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY CLEARWATER FESTIVAL JULY 21-23 CALGARY, ALB CALGARY FOLK FESTIVAL JULY 30 NEWPORT, RI NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL SEPT. 10 DALEVILLE, VA DALEVILLE TOWN CENTER SEPT. 29 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL NOV. 29 MUNICH, DE FREIHEIZ NOV. 30 FRANKFURT, DE BATSCHKAPP DEC. 1 KOLN,…
June 9 Olympia, WA @ TBA June 10 Seattle, WA @ Autonomia June 11 Vancouver, BC @ Garbage Mountain June 12 Portland, OR @ TBA June 13 Salem, OR @ The Wasteland June 14 Sacramento, CA @ TBA June 15 Oakland, CA @ Yourhaus/Hazmat June 16 Santa Cruz, CA @ Forest Show June 17 San Fransisco, CA @ Sub-Mission Art Gallery June 18 Garden Grove, CA @ The Cabin June…
New Jersey’s latest musical offering The Static Jacks will take their infectious high energy indie rock on the road this June when they embark on an East Coast trek with Austin psychedelic rockers White Denim. News of the tour comes on the heels of The Static Jacks announcing the August release of their debut album If You’re Young and will give fans an opportunity to hear some of the new…
Jun. 24th – San Diego, CA – Soma Jun. 25th – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction Jun. 26th – Fresno, CA – Club Retro Jun. 27th – Roseville, CA – Club Retro Jun. 28th – Sparks, NV – The Alley Jun. 30th – Portland, OR – Branx Jul. 1st – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven Jul. 3rd – Calgary, AB – New Black Centre Jul. 4th – Edmonton, AB –…
Keegan DeWitt is confirmed to support Jeremy Messersmith on a June east coast tour. The tour will take the Nashville-based DeWitt and his band from the Southgate House in Cincinnati, OH, on June 13th to DC9 in Washington, DC, on June 19th, and includes a New York show at the Mercury Lounge on June 18th. DeWitt wrapped up Daytrotter’s 4th Barnstormer tour in late April, playing alongside artists including Sondre…
On June 6, BLONDES return with the Business / Pleasure 12″, the second in a three part series on NYC’s RVNG Intl label exploring duality concepts. The two 12″ sides were performed and recorded live without overdubs while the duo was stationed in Berlin between European dates this past winter. Both “Business” and “Pleasure” let the melodic textures breath before layers of synth, sub bass, and percussion are marched out…
Munich-based quartet Lali Puna has debuted a new video for single “Move On” off of their latest LP, Our Inventions on Morr Music. Watch the video for “Move On” at the MTV Hive premiere or at Vimeo. Its release coincides with a brand new 7-inch on Morr Music featuring “Move On” as well as the previously unreleased track “See the Wood for Trees” on the b-side. “See the Wood for…
06/08 Tampa, FL @ Cappy’s Pizza (Seminole Heights) Acoustic Tour Kick Off Party 06/10 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge w/ Casper & The Cookies, The Shut-Ups 06/11 Charleston, SC @ Tin Roof w/ Sleepy Eye Giant 06/12 West Columbia, SC @ One Unit Art Space w/ Nathan Hussey (of All Get Out), Future Wives, Dear Kavalier 06/13 Richmond, VA @ Sprout FREE! 06/14 Charlottesville, VA @ The Box FREE! 06/15…
Releasing one of the year’s premier electronic-music albums, pursuing an epic tour schedule spanning 2 nationwide tours including Coachella, Lollapalooza and Ultra, plus tours of the U.K. and Australia– apparently all that wasn’t enough for The Glitch Mob. If anything, it’s just proven to be the beginning… The Los Angeles-based trio comprising Justin Boreta, Ed Ma, and Joshua Mayer continues their movement into 2011, gearing up to embark on a…
Fresh from the recent U.S. release of her second album Watching You Think, Montreal based singer/songwriter NEeMA has announced a European tour, beginning June 10th at Schlossplatz in Stuttgart, Germany. In addition to her series of headlining club dates at intimate venues across the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Sweden and more, NEeMA has also received backing from Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper and Elton John to support them at…
Since premiering on January 31st, Efterklang’s collaborative film with Vincent Moon, An Island, has taken on a life of its own, exceeding even the band’s own modest expectations. Distributed during the first two months using the unique method of Private-Public Screenings devised by the band and director, members of the public were invited to host their own public free-entry screenings of the film in their homes, offices, schools et al…
Following his critically acclaimed new album Thank You Mr Churchill, Grammy®-winning guitarist and songwriter Peter Frampton will embark on a world tour this June celebrating his multi-platinum-selling live album Frampton Comes Alive!, performing the legendary album in its entirety across the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The three-hour show will feature a complete performance of Frampton Comes Alive! along with highlights from Frampton’s catalog, including…
A Perfect Circle, who kicked off their 2011 tour dates with a headlining set at Rock on the Range last night, have added three new dates to their upcoming six week swing across North America: August 1 Salt Lake City, UT Kingsbury Hall 8 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion 10 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre Tickets are on-sale June 3. VIP packages go on-sale simultaneously but can only be purchased through this…
After its wildly successful inaugural run, the highly anticipated Carnival of Madness Tour returns this summer! Joining the Carnival will be Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way and Emphatic. Sponsored by Monster Energy Drink, the Carnival of Madness Tour will tear through North America for 25+ dates set to launch August 13 in Twin Lakes, WI. VIP ticket pre-sales for the first 15 events will…
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Northern Virginia-based doom-rock outfit KING GIANT are currently in the final mixing and mastering stages for their upcoming sophomore full-length, Dismal Hollow, currently being slated for release by Autumn 2011. In March of this year, the five members of KING GIANT entered legendary Inner Ear Studios (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Avail, Jawbox, etc.) to take their thunderous doom-bred Southern rock to the next level on their sophomore full-length; the follow-up to…
Columbus, Ohio’s Red Wanting Blue has the distinction of working with a Grammy®-nominated producer (Jamie Candiloro, who is currently producing his second album with the band), a Tony®-nominated producer (Ken Davenport, who directed the feature documentary film about Red Wanting Blue), and now an Oscar®-nominated producer. Red Wanting Blue was recently commissioned to write the original song “Magic Man” (STREAM) for the end title sequence of the upcoming documentary feature…