Category: Artist News

Posted on: April 6, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BIG & RICH AND GRETCHEN WILSON JOIN FORCES FOR “XTREME MUZIK THE TOUR”

Five years after completing one of the most successful tours in country music history, multi-platinum powerhouses Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson will hit the road for “Xtreme Muzik The Tour.” The extravaganza, which will include special guests Cowboy Troy and Two Foot Fred, will visit over 30 cities beginning June 18, 2011 in Springfield, Missouri. Sharing one eight-piece band on a custom stage that includes, of course, a fully-operational…

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Posted on: April 6, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Thursday Tour Dates:

May 5 – Boston, MA – House of Blues (w/My Chemical Romance) May 6 – Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre (w/My Chemical Romance) May 7 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom (w/My Chemical Romance) May 8 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom (w/My Chemical Romance) May 10 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (w/My Chemical Romance) May 11 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle (w/My Chemical Romance) For More Information:…

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Posted on: April 6, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Never Back Down Tour:

It Prevails (Mediaskare) Life On Repeat (Equal Vision) We Are Defiance (Tragic Hero) Affiance (Bullet Tooth) Stand Your Ground (Rite Of Passage) *5/8 – 5/29* Sun, May 8, 2011 Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theater Mon, May 9, 2011 Jefferson, SD @ Jefferson Community Center Wed, May 11, 2011 Minneapolis, MN @ The Beat Thu, May 12, 2011 Steger, IL @ Another Hole In The Wall Fri, May 13, 2011…

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Posted on: April 6, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Classical Action Closes 2010-11 Season with Vocal Recitals by Stephanie Blythe with Warren Jones and Joyce DiDonato with Jeremy Denk

To close out its 2010-11 season, Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS presents two great collaborations in its annual Michael Palm Series of house concerts in New York City. On April 6, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, fresh from portraying Fricka in Das Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera, will present a recital with pianist Warren Jones. The series closes on May 4, when Gramophone’s “Artist of the Year” mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins…

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Posted on: April 5, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BLAKE SHELTON STARTS A BUZZ WITH “HONEY BEE”

People are catching the buzz with Warner Bros. Records’ hot country star and coach on NBC’s The Voice, Blake Shelton’s infectious new single, “Honey Bee.” Since his electrifying world premiere performance of the new single on Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS, “Honey Bee” is at No. 1 on the iTunes Country Songs Chart and No. 3 on the iTunes Overall Songs Chart. Fans can purchase “Honey…

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Posted on: April 5, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CRAIG CAMPBELL ALBUM IN STORES TODAY

”Family Man” Craig Campbell’s self-titled debut hits stores today and the album is already garnering rave reviews. The remainder of the jam-packed album launch week will include headlining concert appearances in San Jose, CA (4/5); Bakersfield, CA (4/6); Florence, AZ/Country Thunder USA Festival (4/7); and Henderson, NV (4/8). Beginning in May, Craig can be found on the road with Willie Nelson and the Country Throwdown Tour. The project is produced…

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Posted on: April 5, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

KITSUNÉ MAISON COMPILATION 11

“We’re perceived as a club label when really we’ve always been between ‘club’ and ‘indie’, and this new compilation sits right at the crossroad of the two.” Explains Kitsuné’s head-honcho Gildas Loaec. “I find the combination of guitars and electronics is one of the most exciting areas in music today. Kitsuné has always supported this fusion and believe a good part of the future will come from that.” So here…

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Posted on: April 5, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Evolvotron Tour 2011

Fri. 8 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Arci Chinasky, Sermide (Mantova) Sat. 9 April Quakers&Mormons live @ Circolo Edera, Codroipo (Udine) Wed. 13 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Rocket, Milano Thu. 14 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Siné, Porto Viro (Rovigo) Fri. 15 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Bistrot, Arezzo Wed. 20 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Le Mura, Roma Thu. 21 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Morgana, Benevento Fri. 22 April Quakers&Mormons live@ LaGrange, Cosenza Sat. 23 April Quakers&Mormons live@ Buzz,…

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Posted on: April 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

winds of plague unveil new song “monsters’; ultimate warrior to appear on ‘Against the world’

WINDS OF PLAGUE is about set ablaze to the heavy music world with their brand new opus ‘Against the World’, which releases on April 19th. Anticipation is high for a record that sees the band at the prime of their career and features guest appearances by Jamey Jasta along with members of Terror, Stray From The Path and For Today. Now, WINDS OF PLAGUE are giving fans another look into…

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Posted on: April 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

This or the Apocalypse Appearing on the ‘Pull Me From The Gallows’ Tour with The Human Abstract, Scale the Summit and More

Lancaster, PA’s THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE are pleased to announce their position on the upcoming ‘Pull Me From The Gallows’ tour with The Human Abstract, Scale the Summit, and more. Opening bands will be rotating throughout the tour. The tour begins on May 20th in Pensacola, FL and closes on June 18th in San Diego, CA. See below for all current tour dates. THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE’s GOOD FIGHT MUSIC…

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Posted on: April 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Deborah Voigt Makes Eagerly-Awaited Role Debut as Brünnhilde in Met’s New Walküre, Opening April 22

After impressing critics and fans alike as Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West at the Metropolitan Opera, this spring Deborah Voigt returns to her home company for a milestone role debut: for the first time, she takes on Brünnhilde – one of opera’s most challenging and iconic roles – in a new production of Wagner’s Die Walküre. This second installment of Robert Lepage’s complete new Ring cycle also stars Bryn…

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Posted on: April 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart launches tour

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart’s eagerly anticipated sophomore album, Belong, is out now – the band has made a stream of the full album available on its website. Pains launches a full North American tour with Twin Shadow tonight in Philadelphia. To help bring their new batch of tunes to life the band enlisted the help of producer Flood (Smashing Pumpkins, U2, PJ Harvey) and ace mixer Alan…

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Posted on: April 2, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Big Eyes Family Players’ definitive statement, Family Favourites

Ladies and gentleman… the latest from Sheffield, UK’s The Big Eyes Family Players’… Family Favourites. A vinyl and digital release documenting reworked and rearranged old songs, covers, and new material. Click the Media Page below for downloads, streams, and press materials. “The big Eyes Family Players veer abruptly from fine-honed chamber miniatures to Appalachian-dervied folk to outspread, shimmering drones” – Pitchfork “A really stark and wirily instrumental blend of psychedelic…

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Posted on: April 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

BETTER LEFT UNSAID ANNOUNCE NEW BASSIST

Modesto California’s BETTER LEFT UNSAID have a new member to add to their ranks. Corey Cabral has joined the band as their new bass player. The band sounds tighter than ever and are ready to hit the road. Corey spoke about joining BETTER LEFT UNSAID: I am very pleased and honored to be a part of the BETTER LEFT UNSAID family. I have nothing but the up most respect the…

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Posted on: April 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

RUN, FOREVER – Tour Tour Tour!

Beginning next Tuesday with a week of shows along the East Coast, followed by a two-month US tour in May and June, Run, Forever (Pittsburgh, P.A.) will find itself on the road for most of the Spring, playing shows in support of its debut full-length, The Devil, And Death, And Me. Originally self-released by the trio in July of 2010 and officially re-issued by Solidarity Recordings (imadethismistake, The Methadones, The…

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Posted on: April 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Smile: Music Sounds Better with Acid House Kings

Sweden’s number one purveyors of sweet pop melodies are back! It’s been nearly six years since Acid House Kings graced us with a new album, but perfection takes time. And that is exactly what these delightful human beings have delivered with their fifth studio album, Music Sounds Better with You, which dropped March 22. In 2005 the Kings released Sing Along with the Acid House Kings. With the mantra “untrendy…

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Posted on: April 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

“THE BLOOD VOMITS” – Animated Comedy Series Set to Make KICKSTARTER Debut

Slave Pit Inc., the production company responsible for not only GWAR but a bevy of other side-and-ear-splitting acts of deviance, is venturing into the worlds of both episodic comedy and internet funding, while enlisting some of the biggest and most infamous names in the metal scene to do it. Slave Pit has started their month-long Kickstarter campaign in order to raise funds for the production of a new episode of…

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Posted on: April 1, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HA HA TONKA launch first MP3 from new album, “Usual Suspects”

Ha Ha Tonka releases their new album Death of a Decade next Tuesday 4/5 on Bloodshot Records. If you would like to review the album, interview the band, or have any questions in general please reply directly. *Pre-release takes: “Death of a Decade sounds more like the birth of an important band.” – Austin Chronicle “This Springfield, MO band’s third album is an excellent set of soulful, roots-infused indie-rock, featuring…

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Posted on: March 30, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

EXMORTUS ENTER STUDIO TO RECORD SOPHMORE ALBUM

Since the release of their debut album In Hatreds Flame during July 2008, EXMORTUS have kept busy touring and gigging relentlessly with bands such as label mates Vektor and LA black thrashers Witchaven. After suffering a temporary setback with the departure of former frontman Balmore during early 2010, the band rebounded quickly with lead guitar shredder Conan taking over on vocals and the addition of new guitarist Sean Redline. The…

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Posted on: March 30, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MAN THE CHANGE Weather The Storm LP

Crisscrossing through multiple layers of the punk genre like a couple of girls playing double-dutch, Brooklynites Man the Change tackle their first full-length Weather the Storm with an energy that only exists in bands that truly love what they’re doing. Hooky and riff ridden, Man the Change encompasses the melodic qualities of pop-punk while pairing them with nitty-gritty vocals that growl and grind their way through every verse. A more…

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