Southern California’s renowned independent rock label, Epitaph Records, announces today the signing of Raleigh, North Carolina based rock sextet Alesana. In a deal inked in late 2010, Alesana plans to release their fourth studio album in late 2011. The group is currently on a US tour with former Epitaph band Escape The Fate. “We are very proud to officially announce that we have signed with Epitaph Records,” says guitarist Shawn…
Feb 24 – RIBCO – Rock Island, IL Mar 3 – Subterranean – Chicago, IL w/ The Bad Sons, Abinthe & the Dirty Floors, The Unstoppable Co. Mar 11 – Gramophone – St. Louis, MO w/ Uncle Lucius More on Waterstreet Waterstreet is a four-piece band with frontman Evan Hand, guitarist Joe Shadid, bassist Mike Crusen and drummer Rob Gould. They have recorded 3 albums with the most recent being…
Apex Manor are celebrating the release day of their debut album, The Year of Magical Drinking, with a new video for “My My Mind” and new East Coast tour dates! Directed by Jonathan Singer-Vine, the cousin of band member Adam Vine, the video for “My My Mind” features bloody heartache in the gritty desert. “My cousin happens to be an incredibly talented video director (Nick Cannon, Marty Mcfly), and he…
Feb 10 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center * Feb 11 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena * Feb 16 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre */ Feb 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue */ Feb 19 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo */ Feb 20 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom */ Feb 22 – Reno, NV – Knitting Factory */ Feb 23 –…
Fresh from claiming the ‘Label Of The Year’ accolade at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards, Hotflush present their first label compilation, giving a taste of both the labels past and its future. With dubstep’s big push into the mainstream, stirring up all manner of hybrids, variants and mutations, it’s worth remembering that some have been creating fresh twists on the current generation of global bass music from its very inception. Paul…
Sire/Decaydance Records artist THE READY SET has announced his first ever headline tour. The nationwide run, presented by Glamour Kills, kicks off February 23rd in Indianapolis, IN and runs through April 9th in Ft. Wayne, IN. Joining The Ready Set will be Allstar Weekend, We Are The In Crowd and The Downtown Fiction. The digital version of “Love Like Woe,” the first single off The Ready Set’s debut EP I’m…
Blake Shelton is one of the “most versatile of contemporary country singers” (New York Times). The CMA Male Vocalist of the Year proves to be one of the industry’s hottest vocalists with career highlights that include the release of three albums in 2010 – Hillbilly Bone, All About Tonight and his first greatest hits album LOADED: The Best of Blake Shelton, garnering two No. 1 hits with his album’s title-tracks…
Scandinavia’s rich cultural heritage, and the question of artistic conservatism in the modernist age, will be explored at the eighth annual Bard SummerScape festival, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, keyed to the theme of the 22nd annual Bard Music Festival. Presented in the striking Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and other venues on Bard College’s bucolic Hudson…
Announcing the release of the next three albums from Vin Du Select Qualitite – the acoustic guitar LP series add editions 004-006 featuring solo recordings from: Mattew Mullane, a young player from small town Ohio, Thurston Moore creating solo, untreated 12-string compositions in tribute to Jack Rose and Allen Karpinski, previously of indie faves Six Parts Seven with releases on Suicide Squeeze and Troubleman. What is Vin Du Select Qualitite?…
02/07 Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS 02/09 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK 02/10 House of Blues Dallas, TX 02/11 Paramount Austin, TX 02/12 House of Blues Houston, TX 03/24 State Theatre Minneapolis, MN 03/25 Turner Hall Milwaukee, WI 03/26 The Vic Theater Chicago, IL 03/27 Egyptian Room Indianapolis, IN 03/29 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI (SOLD OUT) 04/01 Irving Plaza New York, NY 04/02 Irving Plaza New York, NY 04/03 Wilbur Theater…
Before we give you the first names of our 2011 line-up, we want to start with last year’s edition. Even though, Melt! 2010 is over, it’s still worth a news feature. Fortunately, we were nominated for a European Festival Award 2010. We were lucky and won the Artist’s Favourite European Festival award. We are tremendously happy and thank everyone who voted in our favour! Now, enough about last season, let’s…
HATE Announce US Invasion – Noisecreep.com Premier New Song To spark the flame for the North American release of HATE’s forthcoming Erebos, AOL’s Noisecreep.com premiered the album’s title track today. To check out this exclusive stream, visit this location. Set for a February 22nd release, Erebos is already promising to be HATE’s most devastating effort to date, with Blistering.com giving the album “two horns up” and Apoch’s Metal Review calling…
2/08 Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre 2/09 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep 2/10 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre You can watch CANCER BATS perform live and in color at www.livestream.com/theknitspokane tonight at 9pm PST (times are subject to change as this is a live event). Fans will be able to view the performance at the link above for up to one year from today
Feb 8 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue Feb 9 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues Feb 10 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Feb 11 – Buffalo, NY – The Town Ballroom Feb 12 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre Feb 13 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre Feb 14 – Montreal, QC – Metroplis Feb 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo…
East Village Radio (EVR), New York’s premier Internet radio platform, is launching a Single of the Month Club – EVR Records – on March 7th, with a 7” release from the UK band, Swimming. Each month EVR Records will release one single on 7” vinyl and digital formats from an artist hand selected by a different EVR DJ. Artists will mirror the broad range of musical genres heard around the…
With their single “Last Man Standing” approaching the top 15 on the active rock radio charts, POP EVIL are preparing to hit the road as a part of the Monster Outbreak Tour alongside Rev Theory, Hail The Villain, and Black Cloud Collective. While on the road, the band will be uploading exclusive videos from the Monster Outbreak Tour to their official YouTube channel, located here http://www.youtube.com/popevilmusic. Videos that will be…
American metal horde ABIGAIL WILLIAMS have been confirmed as support, alongside Melechesh, Hate and Lecherous Nocturne, for Rotting Christ’s massive thirty-date North American tour beginning this March. Though it is the first major tour for the band thus far into 2011, the band will confirm more tour actions in the coming weeks. Interviews with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS are available at all shows, or in advance of the tour upon request. The…
This March, North America will get a rare chance to see one of the best live shows going. Coming off their acclaimed 2010 release Church With No Magic and tour of the US, PVT (formerly Pivot), known for their visceral live shows, seething masses of post-punk guitars, brutal drums and bass-heavy electronics – couldn’t get enough, and are coming back. They will support one of BBC’s ‘Sounds of 2011’, the…
Finally we can proudly announce a VERY LIMITED EDITION (500 copies totaly!) 180gram Vinyl for the legendary SWERVEDRIVER album “Raise” and “Mezcal Head”. Each album is INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED and contains a download code for the “bonus tracks” available on the extended versions of the albums released earlier. This offer is NOT available in stores, only direct and once they are gone, they are gone! so get it now while you…
2/5 New York NY Beacon Theatre 2/6 Glenside PA Keswick Theatre 2/9 Bethesda MD Music Center at Strathmore 2/10 Lowell MA Lowell Memorial Auditorium 2/12 Montclair NJ Wellmont Theatre 2/13 Westbury NY Theatre at Westbury 2/15 Atlanta GA Center Stage 2/16 Tampa FL Tampa Theatre 2/17 Orlando FL Hard Rock Live 2/19 Grand Prairie TX Verizon Theatre 2/20 Houston TX House of Blues 2/23 Tempe AZ Marquee Theatre 2/24 Anaheim…