Iraqi metal band, Acrassicauda, announce their first tour in support of their debut EP, Only the Dead See the End of the War. The EP, originally released on March 9, 2010, is currently available on iTunes. Hailing from Baghdad, Acrassicauda is Faisal Talal (lead vocals, guitar), Tony Yaqoo (lead guitar), Firas Allateef (bass) and Marwan Hussein (drums). Only the Dead See the End of the War, was co-produced by Testament’s…
Rocks-Off one of the most infamous concert promoters in New York (famed for their live rock boat shows) has launched a series of walking tours in NYC. The two inaugural walking tours include The History Of Art, Crime, Drugs and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side (a guided tour given by John Joseph of the legendary Cro-Mags) and The Past, Present and Future of Rock & Roll in New…
First Aid Kit – the Swedish duo of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg – are currently recording with acclaimed producer Mike Mogis at his ARC Studios in Omaha, NE. They’ll spend the next month working on the follow-up to their highly praised debut album, The Big Black & The Blue, released last year on Wichita Recordings. In addition to being known as a member of Bright Eyes and Monsters Of…
Engraved over the band’s logo are the words “East Coast Thrash,” and that’s a good and substantial starting point with this band of brash brothers, brothers who are pros and have picked their instruments of violence wisely. SPEED\KILL/HATE is the brainchild of OVERKILL’s Dave Linsk; having latched upon an infectious strain of time-straddled death thrash metal. But the core of the band’s follow up record, Out for Blood, begins with…
5/20 Reading, PA @ Reverb 5/21 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva 5/23 Charleston, SC @ Music Farm 5/24 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre 5/25 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room 5/26 Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Live 5/27 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 5/28 Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar 5/29 Huntington, WV @ V Club *Headlining Dates With Corrosion of Conformity* 7/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl 7/21 New…
Texas natives WARBEAST are currently trekking across the U.S. on their full U.S. tour with Destruction and Heathen. The band has been on the road for a couple weeks now, and will finish up the tour on May 29th at a soon to be announced location! See below for all remaining tour dates. WARBEAST began in the early 80’s Texas underground metal scene. Vocalist Bruce Corbitt was the voice of…
July 24th – Knitting Factory – Brooklyn, NY July 25th – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY July 27th – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA With affirmation of their brilliance in from their homeland, being awarded the critically acclaimed Australian Music Award Cloud Control are set to unleash their stellar collection of quirky layered harmonic psyche-pop on the rest of the world. Cloud Control signed to bespoke independent label Infectious…
Proclaimed “amazing” by Performing Songwriter for creating what the Chicago Reader calls “perfectly molded power-pop,” Moonlight Towers are “Austin’s favorite three-minute heroes” according to the Austin American-Statesman and the music city’s “finest power pop export” (Pop Culture Press). Moonlight Towers has just released its third album Day Is The New Night and this week is launching a tour in support of it that will see the band doing what they…
By now, the musical exploits of Scott “Wino” Weinrich are the stuff of legend. The Obsessed. Saint Vitus. Spirit Caravan. The Hidden Hand. Shrinebuilder. After releasing his solo debut in 2009, Wino went acoustic in early 2011 with Adrift, a gut-wrenchingly personal album written by a man who has survived a lifetime of gut-wrenching scenarios and lived to tell the tales. Wino’s latest project sees him plugged back in—both to…
The celebrated Doom In June festival returns for the second year in a row to pay homage to some of the most respected names in Doom and Stoner Rock. Event takes place on Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at The Cheyenne Saloon (3103 N. Rancho Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89130, Tel. 702-645-4139). Doors are at noon and advance tickets are on sale now for $25.00 at brownpapertickets.com. Last year’s inaugural event…
Religion Music has announced a June 6th add date for “Love is Dead,” the second single from KOPEK’s debut album White Collar Lies. The lead track, “Cocaine Chest Pains,” was a Top 25 hit on the Active Rock chart, and achieved Top 30 at Mainstream Rock. In an age where a majority of the songs on radio are faceless, “Love is Dead,” is instantly memorable. It offers a chronicle of…
Hotel Carolina, the annual singer-songwriter music festival, is scheduled to rock the Windjammer in Isle of Palms, SC, September 22, 23 and 24, 2011. The event is hosted by Rock Ridge Music. Hotel Carolina boasts a line-up of popular singer-songwriters, and fans will get to see all of their favorites on one stage over the course of the three-day event. A Thursday night show has been added this year to…
New Haven, musician Jonny Rodgers (Mighty Purple, Ten Shekel Shirt) is a good friend of mine and is neither a client, nor paying for me to send out this email. In fact, I just saw this video for the first time about an hour ago and had to share one of the most exciting talents that I know. The video was recorded live in one take during a documentary shoot…
Rochester, NY pop-punk band SUCH GOLD has had a rough past few weeks. First came the stabbing of lead singer Ben Kotin in early April, which he spoke about only last week for the first time. Then, the band was forced to pull out of the Man Scout Jamboree Tour while they figured out how to move forward. Now comes news of a line-up change right before they embark on…
5/12 DENVER, CO THE FILLMORE 5/13 COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA WESTFAIR AMPH – KIWR ROCKFEST 5/14 CHICAGO, IL HOUSE OF BLUES 5/15 MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO KPNT POINTFEST 5/17 MYRTLE BEACH, SC HOUSE OF BLUES 5/18 ATLANTA, GA TABERNACLE 5/20 CINCINATTI, OH BOGART’S 5/21 DETROIT, MI ST. ANDREW’S HALL 5/22 COLUMBUS, OH ROCK ON THE RANGE 5/24 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES 5/25 GRAND RAPIDS, MI ORBIT ROOM 5/27 DES MOINES, IA…
Progressive metal unit CREATION’S END have just announced their inclusion in the Uniting The Powers Of Metal 2011 East Coast Tour, as well as a special New York City performance with Suspyre. First, on June 30th, CREATION’S END will scorch their home town fans at a headlining show at the Sullivan Lounge in Manhattan, with support from New Jersey progressive metallers Suspyre and more bands to be announced shortly. This…
The Morning Birds’ latest release from their second LP, The QUICKENING, was born from the darkening skies over their home in the mountains. “Sam and I were sitting outside and he was strumming on the guitar,” says singer Jennifer Thorington. “I was gazing off into the sky – there were thunder heads way off in the distance. I just began to sing ‘day breaks and the shadows run away, day…
Songwriter, singer and guitarist Dan Hubbard has been releasing music from his home base of Normal, Illinois for close to ten years. Throughout that time, flying under the radar, Hubbard has managed to sell 10,000 albums, tour to both coasts (profitably!), average over 125 performances a year and land on the Americana Music Association’s radio charts. Hubbard is now set to issue his most accomplished musical effort to date with…
Southern Lord’s popular metallic hardcore assassins Black Breath have just announced their return to the UK where they will be playing their well loved songs from Razor To Oblivion EP and Heavy Breathing as well as some brand new material. Here are the dates: 9th July – Plymouth @ White Rabbit 10th July – Bristol @ the Fleece 11th July – Brighton @ The Hydrant 12th July – Manchester @…
Alegrias, the long awaited release from Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb, releases today, May 10th, via Fire Records. In 2006, Howe Gelb embarked on a journey with a gospel choir with the result the astounding, critically acclaimed album Sno’ Angel Like You. This new chapter sees Howe embellish a troop of flamenco playing gypsies, including the virtuoso guitarist Raimundo Amador (collaborated with Bjork and BB King) and is mixed by the…