Every 30 or 40 or 500 years, the DNA of culture itself emerges from the translucent blackness of the not-so-shallow underground. You hear a new band, and you think, “This is really something. This is like My Bloody Valentine, minus the guitars.” But then you think, “No, that’s not true. That’s not what this is like at all. Plus, there are lots of guitars here. I’m a goddamn idiot.” You…
BORN in Hawaii but also a former resident of Arizona, Hong Kong, Singapore, Michigan, and now New York, Charlene Kaye is the daughter of two church singers, a classically trained pianist, skilled multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and performer. Sunday morning gospel, classical, jazz, showtunes, Fats Waller and Carole King were the accompaniment to her home life. The revolving door of instruments in Charlene’s young life included lessons in clarinet, saxophone, classical piano,…
02/18 Vassar @ The Mug 02/19 Allentown @ Warehouse space 02/20 Washington DC @ Velvet Lounge 02/21 Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 02/23 Athens GA @ Farm 255 02/24 Nashville, TN @ Glenn Danzig’s House 02/27 Chicago @ Permanent Records In-store 02/27 Chicago @ The Hideout 03/1 Toronto @ Parts and Labour ! w/ Tyvek + Eternal Summers
Blood & Ink Records is extremely pleased to announce we have started working on a vinyl pressing of Figure Four’s seminal hardcore album Suffering The Loss! Details are still coming together, but we plan to have the LP out in time for their planned reunion at Rain Fest 2011 in May, if not earlier. That’s right! They’ve announced plans to play Rain Fest in Seattle the last weekend of May…
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced both Pet Zombies in 3D and Face Kart: Photo Finish exclusively for Nintendo 3DS™. Pet Zombies in 3D lets players reanimate their very own zombies with a range of customizations and then care for (or torment!) their pets as they play with them in creepy 3D environments. Face Kart: Photo Finish literally puts…
Jan 24 – The Wormhole – Savannah, GA Jan 26 – Jack Rabbits – Jacksonville, FL Jan 27 – Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC Jan 28 – Nightlight – Chapel Hill, NC Jan 29 – The Sentient Bean – Savannah, GA Feb 5 – Tantra Lounge – Savannah, GA Feb 6 – Lulu’s Chocolate Bar – Savannah, GA Feb 17 – Circle Bar – New Orleans, LA Feb 18…
In November 2010 Efterklang and Vincent Moon announced that they were working on a film together and that it would premiere in February 2011. In December we were told that Efterklang will bring An Island with them on their European tour February 21st to March 18th 2011. Today Efterklang & Vincent Moon welcome all their listeners and followers to host their own premiere screenings of An Island. As of today…
FAIR TO MIDLAND has announced a month long headlining tour this spring. Dates will span coast to coast starting in early March reaching through the middle of April. PERIPHERY and SCALE THE SUMMIT will offer supporting duties. “We are extremely excited to try out our new songs live in front of all of our friends. It has been too long since we have headlined a tour. Expect a whole new…
3 INCHES OF BLOOD made a huge splash on the heavy metal community with the release of their last epic ‘Here Waits Thy Doom’, now the band is preparing for an exciting tour as direct support to ELUVEITIE, but before that gets started they will be making a quick pit stop into Shostroud Productions in Vancouver to record a couple of their new cuts with Sho Murray (City of Fire)…
Music From Japan and its Artistic Director, Naoyuki Miura, are thrilled to present Festival 2011: a weekend of events in New York City’s Baruch Performing Arts Center (Feb 12 & 13, 2011), and a concert at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC (Feb 16). Now in its 36th season, the festival introduces the worlds of Japanese song and flutes, showcasing the talents of leading exponents of both art forms through traditional…
Grammy nominated, platinum selling artist Jordin Sparks continues her charitable efforts with her 4th Annual Jordin Sparks Experience during Super Bowl week in February in Arlington, Texas. Jordin will host a series of Super Bowl week events beginning February 2nd (full schedule below). Jordin recently finished her Broadway debut and run in the Tony Award winning musical, In The Heights, as well as released her first fragrance, Because of You.…
The new material will be drawn from the band’s latest release, “Perfectly Defect,” which was released last fall as a free digital download. Mortiis will also showcase songs from the upcoming release, “The Great Deceiver.” “Right now I’m equally curious, nervous, and excited about how our fans, old and new, will take to this,” he added. “We’ve spent a lot of energy in the last few weeks improving the quality…
Not yet satiated by the free booze and such available to them over the last few American jaunts, hardcore blues band EYEHATEGOD again prepare to ride around in a small crappy van and get as unhealthy as possible. The games will commence this February with a blatant hit to the Pacific Northwest in Seattle, Washington on February 5th at El Corazon. The performance will coincide with the club’s six-year anniversary.…
Using groundbreaking 3-D technology originally intended for Michael Jackson’s farewell tour, Los Angeles-based electro-punk/hip-hop duo Kid Infinity will once again make history as they aim to take the live music experience to new heights with their interactive stereoscopic three-dimensional production. The second-ever Kid Infinity 3-D Live show will take place Saturday, February 5 at the historic Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets for the 21+ show are on sale…
4/10 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC* 4/11 – The Showbox at The Market – Seattle, WA* 4/12 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR* 4/14 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA (co-headlining with Foals) 4/19 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX* 4/20 – The Loft – Dallas, TX 4/21 – La Zona Rosa – Austin, TX* 4/23 – The Firebird – St Louis, MO* 4/25 – The Varsity…
Within a grainy film-still between a summer sunset and the end of times lies the post-punk squall of Weekend. Weekend filter the aggression, tempo and sneer of punk through a wall of reverb, haunting melody, feedback and primitive garage guitar. Formed in San Francisco in late 2009 by three childhood friends, the band have quickly developed a totally distinctive take on the history of post-punk noise rock. Some touchstones along…
Jan. 22 – Danish Brotherhood- Kenosha, WI Jan. 28 – Broadway Joe’s – Buffalo, NY Jan. 29 – Championship Bar and Grill – Trenton, NJ NORTH AMERICAN RETRIBUTION TOUR 2011 w/ DEATH ANGEL, BONDED BY BLOOD Jan. 30 – Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC Jan. 31 – The Casbah – Charlotte, NC Feb. 01 – Jaxx – W. Springfield, VA Feb. 02 – Crazy Donkey – Farmingdale, NY Feb. 03…
Lost unexpectedly, after having not played live for 16 years, Universal Order of Armageddon (U.O.A.), with VERY short notice, recently played two sold out shows in July 2010: one in Baltimore at the Whartscape Festival and a second at Death By Audio in Brooklyn N.Y. with No Age. In the final planning stages of this most recent Whartscape by the Wham City collective Dan Deacon asked if U.O.A. would consider…
The guys in the Band of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may…
Internationally established thrash metal band INDESTRUCTIBLE NOISE COMMAND is thrilled to announce their recent signing with UK record label Rising Records. The band will be releasing a new full-length album later this spring with the label, entitled Heaven Sent, Hellbound. The release is being produced by world-famous record producer Fredrik Nordström (At the Gates, In Flames, Opeth), and the artwork is illustrated by famous artist Sam Shearon (Iron Maiden, Rob…