Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, one of the UK’s most iconic bands, are back with their first new album in 14 years. The appropriately entitled ‘History Of Modern’ via Bright Antenna Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group, has already sold over 100,000 copies. And what a return! Andy McCluskey has called it ‘our best album since Architecture and Morality’ – and few would disagree. The album was produced…
Finnish death metal outfit CORPSESSED has signed with Dark Descent Records for the CD release of their self-titled debut EP. Scheduled for an early 2011 release, the EP features six tracks of bludgeoning old-school death in the vein of Entombed, Incantation, Deicide, Immolation and Grave. Select tracks from the EP have been posted on the band’s official Myspace site, while more information on CORPSESSED can be found on their Facebook…
Way Yes are as prolific as promised. After releasing Herringbone late last year, remixing Computer Magic, and keeping their spear sharp, the guys are greeting up to drop another EP, Walkability. Herringbone was great of course, but Walkability is something else entirely. The band grew up fast – more candid lyricism, tighter sound, wider sonic palette. Way Yes leans more heavily on psychedelia than dance floor-ready bangers this go ’round.…
Like a bunch of zombies drunk on embalming fluid, veteran hardcore thrashers THE ACCUSED prepare to take their Splatter-Rock-Speakeasy and After-Hours-Sicko-Sideshow into turbo-nuclear-tombstone-kicking overdrive with the announcement of a new stick-breaker in Warren A. Pease (pronounced “war ‘n’ peace”) Said the band in a collective statement: “He’s a relatively young chap at the tender age of 25. Then again, with THE ACCUSED founding guitarist, Tommy Niemeyer rounding the corner heading…
Incase is pleased to premiere the second installment of Room 205 with La Sera, the solo project of Vivian Girls’ Katy Goodman. A few days before embarking on La Sera’s first UK tour, Katy stopped by Room 205 – along with hired guns Jennifer Prince and Jonathan Weinberg – to blast through a few songs from Katy’s upcoming full-length on Hardly Art. This week, Incase has unveiled the second song…
Ring in 2011 with DGC/Interscope Records rockers Escape The Fate’s Issues Remix EP due out tomorrow! The EP boasts hot remixes of “Issues,” the first single from their recently released self-titled album. The band launches “The Dead Masquerade” North American headlining tour January 20th in support of Escape The Fate. “Issues” cracked the Top 25 at Active Rock and continues to climb both the Active Rock and Alternative Rock radio…
As announced last month, Korn and Disturbed, two of rock’s biggest acts, are teaming up to co-headline this year’s “Monster Energy Music As A Weapon V Tour.” With the first half of dates on sale now and off to a scorching start, the highly successful Monster Energy’s MAAW V Tour has added even more dates and new markets: a second leg from March 8th through March 30th that will include…
Kraddy announced his 2011 Winter tour in promotion of his latest EP release, Labyrinth. Fresh off recent appearances with Pretty Lights and a sold-out CD release party that packed L.A.’s infamous Low End Theory nightclub to fire brigade levels, listen for the Kraddy “Led Zeppelin 3000” sound at clubs and festivals through North America in 2011. Kraddy’s Labyrinth Tour launches on January 13th with a repeat L.A. performance hosted by…
The 2011 Metalliance Tour has officially been announced. The tour sponsored by Revolver Magazine, Loudtrax.com, Brooklyn Vegan, Mosh Potatoes Cookbook and Giddy Up! Sauces is proud to announce HELMET, SAINT VITUS and CROWBAR for its inaugural line up. The festival tour will run through the U.S. from March 17th through April 5th. Legendary alternative metal band HELMET will perform their 1992 platinum-selling release of Meantime in its entirety. The Interscope…
“Continue to carry out the legacy of being a musician that represents real music,” is what the iconic Stevie Wonder expressed to up and coming singer-songwriter Josh Xantus. Catching the ear of the pitch-perfect Stevie Wonder is unheard of for a new artist. However, after one listen to the fresh sound of his debut album, Can I Live?, it’s no shocker the entertainment industry is taking notice of Josh Xantus.…
1. Prologue 2. A Child Was Born 3. House of Wisdom 4. Caress of the Breeze 5. Road Goes Ever On 6. The Lighthouse Dream 7. Aelin’s Oath There’s so much to love on this release that to put it in words is simply impossible…you get great classic metal hooks and grooves to make those into the heavy 70’s and doom pay attention, great chugging classic metal riffs, and the…
It was a year ago, Jan 2010, that the guys last visited Cleveland and a lot has happened since then: they were nominated for another Americana Music Award, they released two new free songs for their fans, they’ve been touring steadily and they JUST celebrated their 5th anniversary as a band! Here’s a tasty rendition of one of their fan-faves: “CORNBREAD” – August 6th in Portland, ORE: SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing…
ony Online Entertainment LLC is scheduled to release Magic: The Gathering – Tactics™, a free-to-play game, on the PC this January 18th. Players worldwide will experience a new dimension of Magic: The Gathering® as Wizards of the Coast’s legendary trading card game and its iconic creatures, characters and spells come to life for the first time in a fully realized 3D environment. Free to download and play, registered players will…
The band will head out on the road in two weeks supporting Thursday and Underoath. They’ve previously toured with Between the Buried and Me, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Circa Survive. They will also be appearing at this year’s Bamboozle Fest in New Jersey the weekend of April 29th-May 1st. Their upcoming dates are: 1/20 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live * 1/21 Austin, TX – Emo’s * 1/22 Dallas, TX –…
We’re pleased to announce a special LA performance by Lord Huron on Jan. 20 at 7pm at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park. The band will be joined by LA’s Calder Quartet and a surprise guest vocalist – also on the show are Abe Vigoda and Gamble House – the show is a part of Brand X’s LA Unheard series. More event info here and tickets available on Ticketweb. The…
The Decemberists have partnered with The Impossible Project and photographer Autumn de Wilde to create a DELUXE BOX EDITION of The King Is Dead, which is available for preorder exclusively at Decemberists.com. Each of the 2,500 limited edition box sets will be unique, with every one containing a one-of-a-kind original Polaroid photo by de Wilde taken during the album’s recording sessions at Pendarvis Farm outside of Portland, Oregon, and in…
The Metropolitan Opera will present its first-ever performances of John Adams’ Nixon in China beginning February 2, with the composer conducting his own score. The Met’s new production, staged by internationally acclaimed director Peter Sellars, will star James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the opera’s world premiere in 1987 and has performed at leading opera houses around the world. Nixon in China will also feature Janis…
Keegan DeWitt has released a free remix EP of the two songs on his recent limited edition 7-inch single, Two Hearts/Reluctance. The EP is now available as a free download here and features remixes of “Two Hearts” by Tallest Trees and Myrryrs, as well a remix of “Reluctance” (featuring Isaaca Byrd of The Bridges) by Wild Cub (the moniker under which DeWitt DJs and regularly releases a free mixtape). The…
1/22 – Harlows – Sacramento, CA* 1/23 – Gundlach Bundschu Winery – Sonoma, CA* 1/25 – WOW Hall – Eugene, OR* 1/26 – Hawthorne – Portland, OR* 1/27 – Neumos – Seattle, WA* 3/23 – Low Brow – El Paso, TX** 3/24 – The Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ** 3/25 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA** 3/27 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA** 3/29 – Holocene – Portland,…
More than 4 decades into his career, Richard Thompson had an amazing 2010, capped off by the year-end news that he was named to the 2011 Honour’s List as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). “The OBE will further restore Richard Thompson’s status at the top table of British musical heroes as a folk revolutionary, one of the world’s greatest guitarists, a must-see performer and one…