Category: Artist News

Posted on: February 11, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NACHTMYSTIUM: North American Tour With Cradle Of Filth Begins In Mere Days

The massive expedition will invade 30 North American cities, engulfing the continent in a clockwise vortex over the next six-and-a-half weeks. As NACHTMYSTIUM’s first major tour of 2011, and first tour since their massive North American headlining tour with Zoroaster, The Atlas Moth and Dark Castle last fall, these dates will showcase the unit unveiling much of the material on last year’s incredible Addicts: Black Meddle Part II album which…

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Posted on: February 10, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR KE$HA’S FIRST NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR – THE “GET $LEAZY” TOUR – IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT

Global pop superstar Ke$ha has done it again. After dominating 2010 with hit after hit, she kicks off 2011 in the same fashion. Her first North American headlining tour – the “Get $leazy” tour is completely sold out. She has had three #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (“TiK ToK”, “Your Love Is My Drug” and “We R Who We R”) and her new single “Blow” impacts radio…

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Posted on: February 10, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TESSERACT w/ Protest the Hero & Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

March 23 – Kingston, ON @ Stages March 24 – Ottawa, ON @Capital Music Hall March 25 – Montreal, PQ @ Le National March 26 – Oshawa, ON @ The Green Bottle March 27 – Barrie, ON @ The Mansion March 29 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks March 30 – Winnipeg, MB @ WECC March 31 – Yorkton, SK @ Agri Pavillion April 1 – Edmonton, AB @ Avenue…

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Posted on: February 10, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

EPITAPH WELCOMES ALESANA TO THE LABEL

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…

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Posted on: February 9, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Waterstreet announce a very special Chicago show supporting “Of Gossip,” share video for EP track, “Psycho”

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…

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Posted on: February 9, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Apex Manor premieres new video & announces East Coast tour dates!

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…

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Posted on: February 9, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Pendulum Tour Dates

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 –…

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Posted on: February 8, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

‘Back and 4th’ is the label compilation from Hotflush feat. Scuba, Joy Orbison, Mount Kimbie, James Blake, 2562, Sepalcure, Falty DL, Untold and many more..

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…

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Posted on: February 8, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

SIRE/DECAYDANCE RECORDS ARTIST THE READY SET ANNOUNCES HEADLINING TOUR PRESENTED BY GLAMOUR KILLS

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…

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Posted on: February 8, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

GRAMMY NOMINATED COUNTRY STAR AND ACM AWARD CO-HOST BLAKE SHELTON EXTENDS FIRST HEADLINING TOUR INTO 2011

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…

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Posted on: February 8, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Bard SummerScape 2011 Explores Life and Times of Jean Sibelius with Seven-Week Arts Festival in New York’s Hudson Valley, July 7 – August 21, 2011

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…

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Posted on: February 8, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Vin du Select Qualitite announce the next three releases in the series with Matthew Mullane, Thurston Moore and Allen Karpinski

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?…

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Posted on: February 7, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

AMOS LEE TO APPEAR ON TOUR

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…

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Posted on: February 7, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Melt! Festival 2011 – The Hipsters Festival Destination

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…

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Posted on: February 7, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HATE North American Tour Dates w/ ROTTING CHRIST, MELECHESH, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and LECHEROUS NOCTURNE

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…

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Posted on: February 7, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

CANCER BATS CANADIAN/U.S. DATES W/ DEVILDRIVER, BAPTIZED IN BLOOD

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

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Posted on: February 7, 2011 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Thursday Tour Dates:

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…

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

East Village Radio to Launch EVR Records with a New Single from the UK band, Swimming

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…

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

Pop Evil Continue To Climb Up Active Rock Radio Charts, Prepare For Monster Outbreak Tour

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…

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

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS To Support Rotting Christ

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…

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