Category: Artist News

SEIDR: Debut Album Details Revealed

Indie metal entity The Flenser, who recently announced the signing of Louisville, Kentucky’s avant-doom unit SEIDR to their potent label roster, today confirm more info on the band’s debut full-length, For Winter Fire. SEIDR’s recently completed For Winter Fire debut boasts gargantuan, organic doom metal riffing displayed in an epic yet harrowing display of force. A slight post-metal atmospheric edge envelops the otherwise crushing tectonic force of the album’s blackened-doom…

JIM WARD: THE END BEGINS EP AVAILABLE NOW

Jim Ward’s latest solo EP The End Begins is now available through his new Tembloroso Creative Lab website, www.Tembloroso.com, which is dedicated to providing a worldwide voice for his hometown of El Paso, TX’s artists and musicians. The final installment in his trilogy of solo EPs, The End Begins follows in the contemplative, intimate feel of its predecessors, 2007’s Quiet and 2009’s In The Valley, On The Shores. The easy…

Veggie U Announces Headliners for 9th Annual Food and Wine Celebration

The splendor of summer is almost here. The sounds of clinking wine glasses and the chatter over which chef is offering the best plate will soon spread over the grounds of The Culinary Vegetable Institute for the eagerly awaited Veggie U Food & Wine Celebration. This annual fundraiser to benefit the children’s education program is the crème de la crème of culinary festivals in Northern Ohio. Over 30 of the…

Dom Tours, Tours, Tours

Fri-Mar-25 Eagle Rock, CA Eagle Rock Center for the Arts Sat-Mar-26 Los Angeles, CA Satellite Lounge Mon-Mar-28 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place Wed-Mar-30 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop Fri-Apr-01 Portland, OR Holocene Sat-Apr-02 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Sun-Apr-03 Seattle, WA The Funhouse Wed-Apr-06 Fargo, ND The Aquarium Thu-Apr-07 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry Fri-Apr-08 Chicago, IL Subterranean Sat-Apr-09 Detroit, MI Bakery Loft Sun-Apr-10 Toronto, ON Opera House Mon-Apr-11 Buffalo, NY…

WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS SET TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA THIS SPRING

Wildbirds & Peacedrums is set to tour North America this Spring. These dates are in support of their release Rivers (The Control Group) and their first N.A. dates since supporting Lykke Li and St. Vincent respectively in 2009 & 2010. Rivers is a double release of two distinctly different, five-song EP’s: Retina and Iris and also features the 12-strong Schola Cantorum Reykjavík Chamber Choir (same choir used by Björk on…

Topshelf Records Release Debut LP from By Surprise

Topshelf Records (Grown Ups, My Heart To Joy, Pianos Become The Teeth) is excited to announce the debut 12″ from By Surprise (Haddon Heights, NJ), Mountain Smashers, is now available. First pressing of the vinyl will be limited to 500 (400 Black and 100 Smoke). Friend Of Mine in Japan will be releasing a CD version in early Summer. To celebrate this week’s release, you can download two tracks from…

4/25/2011 Nile Theatre – Mesa, AZ 4/27/2011 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX 4/29/2011 Culture Room – Fort Lauderdale, FL 4/30/2011 Beacham Theatre – Orlando, FL 5/01/2011 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 5/02/2011 Jaxx – Springfield, VA 5/03/2011 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH 5/05/2011 Best Buy Theater – New York, NY 5/06/2011 Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA 5/07/2011 Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA 4/25/2011 Nile Theatre – Mesa, AZ…

Del McCoury Band set to “Track with the Pros”

There is no finer bluegrass band than the Del McCoury Band. Having recently celebrated 50 years in the business, Del McCoury’s soulful high, lonesome voice is one of the finest of all time. Del, along with his sons Ron on mandolin and Rob on banjo plus acclaimed fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram, continually tests the boundaries of modern bluegrass music, a feat that has earned them slots at…

STYX AND YES CO-HEADLINING “PROGRESSIVE U.S. TOUR”

Multi-platinum rock band STYX joins forces with the world’s most quintessential prog-rock band YES for a summer tour extravaganza. These two monster rock bands will embark on the 22-city “Progressive U.S. Tour” starting July 4th and concluding August 3rd in Mountain View, CA. Tickets will go on sale starting the weekend of April 8th. STYX–Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James “JY” Young (vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums)…

DaVinci & ST 2 Lettaz – “Get Her High” Prod. By Lunice

The good folks over at Southern Hospitality have been holding down quality rappers from down South and out in the Bay Area for some time, so it’s only fitting that their latest orchestration features none other than critically acclaimed rap heavyweights DaVinci, repping San Francisco, alongside ST 2 Lettaz, one half of Huntsville, Alabama duo G-Side. Topping things off, Montreal’s producer/DJ Lunice provides the beat, only his second time working…

NeuFutur Magazine Introduces Sennen

Sennen are pleased to announce their debut U.S. release. The album, Age of Denial, will initially be released as a limited edition, blue, heavy weight vinyl for Record Store Day through Minty Fresh Records. A download of the album will be available in the summer. The initial 250 blue vinyl pressing has sold out but a further 250 black vinyl is now available. Sennen are an outstanding band from Norfolk,…

BLACK LIPS KICK OFF THEIR MAY TOUR

5/6/11 Barcelona, SP Bikini Venue 5/7/11 Santiago de Compostela Sala Capitol 5/8/11 Madrid, SP Sala Heineken 5/9/11 Montpellier, FR Rockstore 5/11/11 Strasbourg, FR La Laterie 5/12/11 Hamburg, DE Grunspan 5/13/11 Berlin, DE Festsaal Kreuzberg 5/14/11 Munich, DE Garge Fest (Feierwerk) 5/16/11 Amsterdam, NL Trouw Amsterdam 5/17/11 Paris, FR 104 5/18/11 Brussels, BE Les Nuits Botanique 5/19/11 London, UK The Garage 5/20/11 Liverpool, UK Sound City Fetival (The Masque) 5/21/11 Cheshire,…

Kokayi – “DJ Play”

The ever flavorful, genre-swapping artist/producer/singer/songwriter Kokayi might still be riding high on the wave of success brought on by his new album, Robots & Dinosaurs, but he’s focused on keeping the fire hot, this time around dropping a brand new non-album single. The new song, “DJ Play,” is part of Illvibe’s highly anticipated album, All Together Now, a comprehensive project over two years in the making that also features Bahamadia,…

Chase & Status Announce First US Tour

23rd Music Box Los Angeles, CA 25th Knitting Factory Reno, NV 27th The Grand Salt Lake City, UT 28th Gothic Theatre Denver, CO 30th Nocturnal Festival Rockdale, TX To check out videos and tour blog, please visit the band’s YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/chaseandstatustv

The Romany Rye – Upcoming Dates – Daytrotter Barnstormer Tour

4/26 Wrenshall, MN Free Range Barn (between Minneapolis and Duluth) 4/27 Streamwood, IL Hoosier Grove Barn (Chicago suburb) 4/28 Dexter, MI Lakeview Farms Barn (just outside Ann Arbor) 4/29 Monticello, IL Kalyx Center (just outside Champaign, IL) 4/30 Maquoketa, IA Codfish Hollow Barn

DESALMADO: Brazilian Grind Act Confirm Two 2011 Releases Via Greyhaze Records

Earsplit is excited to announce a partnership with St. Petersburg Florida-based Greyhaze Records for their confirmed upcoming 2011 releases, including a brand new EP and full-length album to follow from Brazilian grindcore outfit DESALMADO. Based out of the densely populated city of São Paulo, Brazil, the act now known as DESALMADO already made quite a name for themselves throughout South America over recent years under the name El Fuego. After…

Ledisi On Tour Now

April 29 – Newport News, VA – Ella Fitzgerald Theatre May 1 – Las Vegas, NV – Government Amphitheatre May 4 – St. Lucia – St. Lucia Jazz Festival May 8 – Kansas city, MO – The Municipal Auditorium

Thirty Seconds To Mars Spring Dates:

April 22 Raleigh, NC Raleigh Amphitheater April 23 Orlando, FL Universal Studios Florida April 24 Boca Raton, FL Sunset Cove Amphitheater April 26 Morgantown, WV WVU Coliseum April 27 Washington DC Patriot Center April 29 E. Rutherford, NJ Bamboozle – New Meadowlands Stadium April 30 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center May 1 Boston, MA Agganis May 3 Montreal, QC Metropolis May 5 Toronto, ON Kool Haus May 6 Montreal, QC…

ROCKLAHOMA DAILY PERFORMANCE LINEUPS ANNOUNCED FOR AMERICA’S BIGGEST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PARTY

Friday, May 27 Whitesnake, Hinder, Skillet, Sick Puppies, All That Remains, My Darkest Days, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Texas Hippie Coalition, New Medicine, Bad Things, Wildstreet, Loveblast, D’Molls, Alias, Blue Tiger, Firststryke, Chuck Cooley and the Demon Hammers, Signum A.D., Silverstone, Return to Custody Saturday, May 28 Staind, Sebastian Bach, Drowning Pool, Rev Theory, Cavo, Pop Evil, The Gracious Few, Hail the Villain, Taddy Porter, Electric Touch, Gypsy…