Lonnie Walker just returned from taking their country-punk roots rock on a month long tour with Future Islands, to promote a split 7” the two bands released on November 4, 2010. Titled The Ink Well/Love Turn, the release is limited to 1000 pieces of peach vinyl via Baltimore’s Friends Records. Originally a one-man band, Lonnie Walker evolved from the solo spirit of Brian Corum into a collection of friends bound…
The American music underground is having what you might call a Kings Go Forth moment. Need proof? Over the past year, their seven inch singles set the soul blogs swooning and became instant collectors items. Legendary producer Tom Moulton called them to remix one of their songs. DJ Shadow’s playing them too. “Imaginary soul superstar” Mingering Mike is doing their album cover – the first time he has ever created…
A Day To Remember’s 2010 spring tour sold out every date, making it one of the hottest tickets earlier this year. Now fans are getting another crack to see them. A Day To Remember are pleased to announce the The Game Changers Tour in support of their smash album What Separates Me From You. “This tour is about bringing back what’s been missing from the game,” commented lead singer Jeremy…
Belgian band Goose got a bit more than they bargained for in the Megafore-directed video for their new single ‘Can’t Stop Me Now.’ “They made us climb, sweat, fall & fight and we liked it! For this video they have asked a lot from us. I remember they asked us over the phone: “do you mind being part of the video and do ‘some’ acting?” We, full of confidence, replied:…
Bloomington, IN’s six-piece Defiance, Ohio is hitting up the west coast before blowing all of their money paying for pictures with koalas! Pull out your fresh 2011 calendars again, check out the new dates below, and remember to stay tuned for updates on those “TBAs”! This past July, Defiance, Ohio released their fourth full-length, Midwestern Minutes on No Idea Records on CD/LP! Or, if you’re into cassette tapes, you can…
Kirk Cameron, star of the runaway hit movie “Fireproof,” will be the featured speaker for Feed Your Faith’s “Love Worth Fighting For” tour, which kicks off in Feb. 2011. Well-know signer/songwriter Warren Barfield (“Love Is Not A Fight” from the movie “Fireproof”) will also be a featured guest on the tour. The “Love Worth Fighting For” conference focuses on all areas of relationships including our relationship with God. The conference…
New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall, in association with New Amsterdam Records, presents the 2011 Ecstatic Music Festival, a showcase of collaborative evenings between more than 150 genre-pushing composers, songwriters and performers who represent a new generation of artists combining diverse influences and techniques to explore the crossover of classical and pop music. All concerts will include premieres. The festival opens with a free seven-hour marathon on January 17th, 2011,…
Straight from the cities of Dublin and London are two young producers/DJs who over the past two years have taken the underground by storm: Arveene & MiSK. As remixers, their credits read like a who’s who in electronic dance music, including the likes of Mr. Oizo, The Prodigy, Calvin Harris, Felix da Housecat, Zombie Nation, Kitsune, Ed Banger, Bang Gang, and Turbo. The same could be said about their supporters,…
Mortiis will return to the touring circuit this winter with a two-month, full European tour supporting evil-electro outfit Combichrist. “In some fundamental ways, Combichrist and Mortiis are very different, but in other fundamental ways, we are very much the Mortiis bandsame,” expl ained vocalist and namesake Mortiis. “At the end of the day, both bands have this ‘f-you’ attitude. It’s expressed somewhat differently musically, but energy and attitude-wise we’re carrying…
The 7” will feature the track “January Hymn” from their forthcoming album The King Is Dead, with a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy” on the b-side. For a list of participating stores where the single will be available please visit www.recordstoreday.com/Venues. After selling out their January 25 and 26 shows at the Beacon Theater in New York City, the band has added a third show on January 24…
Baltimore natives, ALL TIME LOW are gearing up to release their major label debut, DIRTY WORK. But before they unleash their new bounty in March, ATL bestow upon us a little ditty for the holiday season, “Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass.” By signing up for the All Time Low mailing list on this widget, fans can get a free download of the song. Below Alex Gaskarth (vocalist, guitarist) eloquently explains…
Singer-songwriter Charlie Mars has extended his U.S tour through March 2011. He’ll play two dates with iconic singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne and a series of shows with Griffin House. See below for a complete itinerary. Mars has been on the road all year in support of his critically acclaimed album, Like A Bird, Like A Plane, which will be featured in Amazon.com’s “Fill Your Player” promotion, running December 25, 2010 –…
The German Medieval-Rockband Nachtgeschrei just announced their first tourdates. Apart from a clubtour in spring presenting their new album „Ardeo“ the first summer festival-shows are already confirmed. Furthermore the band will be supporting Subway to Sally on their tour throughout Germany in fall 2011. For the latest information about upcoming shows and detailed information visit www.nachtgeschrei.de Dates: “ARDEO” CLUBTOUR 2011-02-05 D-Forst, Manitu Forst 2011-03-04 D-Bochum, Matrix 2011-03-05 D-Lübeck, Treibsand 2011-03-11…
Keeping with their tradition of bringing listeners the finest in underground metal, Abyss Records is pleased to announce the recent signing of Latvian old-school, sludge-laden death metal act DISEIM. With a five-song demo entitled Sinner already making its way through the metal community, DISEIM are currently hard at work on their full-length debut scheduled for a summer 2011 release on Abyss Records. The band is currently available for interviews so…
Kathryn Calder has had a tremendous year so far with glowing critical acclaim for her debut album Are You My Mother? throughout the world. She and director Jon Busby have collaborated on her newest offering, the video for “Arrow.” The video touches upon many of the dynamics of struggle and perseverence that Calder has seamlessly woven in her album. A young girl and her stuffed animal companion (a famous character…
Röyksopp’s “Senior” (MB3) is the chill follow up to 2009’s dance album, “Junior” The Norwegian electronic duo recorded the albums at the same time, with “Senior” as the mellow instrumental counterpart. IFC says “the ambient music playing in the freak out room when your legs give out from the space invader dance stomping across the floor”. The short film you are about to watch was premiered exclusively on IFC in…
Venezuelan blackened death metal act NOCTIS IMPERIUM have recently released a video for the song “Unus In Nihil” from their Abyss Records debut Nihil. Nihil was released in August of 2010 and is currently available through Abyss Records and features Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, et al.) on drums. For more information, please visit: www.myspace.com/noctisimperium or www.officialabyssrecords.com “Unus In Nihil” video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvJAp1PaqE
Legendary NOLA gods of sludge, excess and mayhem, EYEHATEGOD, will kick off their 2011 tour escapades with a special one-off show in Seattle, Washington at El Corazon this February. The performance will coincide with the club’s six-year anniversary. Special guests to be announced soon. Who: EYEHATEGOD + special guests When: Saturday February 5th (All Ages/Bar wID) Where: El Corazon 109 Eastlake Ave. East Seattle, WA 98109 $18 ADV/$20 DOS Doors:…
Featuring BANN: Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson, Oz Noy, and Adam Nussbaum, this studio debut recording showcases the attractive and inventive sound of this groundbreaking fusion-acoustic band. On the road since 2007, BANN has performed its original blend of music at Festivals and jazz clubs in France, Sweden, Finland and Germany.
On Roach Gigz’ first and well received mixtape Roachy Balboa released earlier this year, Roach told the world that he was “The Dopest.” Having successfully proved this to be true, he’s decided to leak “The Dopest 2” from his upcoming mixtape Roachy Balboa 2 to remind us of this feat. While “The Dopest” is a direct and straightforward manifesto of Roach’s place in the Bay Area (and world) rap scene,…