30 years, 80 million album sales, close to 2000 live performances, countless satisfied customers and now 15 studio albums of unerring quality and power: Iron Maiden have more than earned their proudly-held status as undisputed heavy metal champions of the world. The bands 15th Studio Record the Final Frontier is due out on August 17th. The directors cut for the video of the “El Dorado Video” off of Maiden’s 15th…
It’s enough to make you stop and say, “What is that?” It being the gorgeous melodies and lean, spellbound guitar lines of Colin Caulfield, an English/French lit major who’s about to change what it means to be a shape-shifting singer-songwriter in the YouTube age. Just ask Bradford Cox. He knows. Why, just a year ago, the Deerhunter frontman stumbled upon Caulfield’s organ-grinding rendition of “Rainwater Cassette Exchange” and said it’s…
Portland, Oregon’s Little Beirut are proud to announce the September release of their third full-length, “Fear of Heaven.” They would also like to announce the release of a video for the album’s first single and lead track, “Last Light,” which you can view on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxaYgYAUeik Comprised of Hamilton Sims (vocals, guitar), Edwin Paroissien (guitar, vocals), Alex Inman (drums, vocals), and John Hulcher (bass), the quartet deliver a strong…
Twenty-four of the world’s most renowned musicians share incredibly candid, in-depth thoughts on the joy and pain of the creative process, their careers and aspirations, conflicts and collaborations, and the realities of today’s music business in Innerviews: Music Without Borders (Abstract Logix), the first book by acclaimed music journalist Anil Prasad. Artists featured in the book include some of the greatest names in jazz, rock, world music, hip-hop, and electronica:…
Suuns music was delivered to us one afternoon accompanied with a short note from Jace Lasek of The Besnard Lakes and Montreal’s Breakglass Studios, where he had recently recorded the band. “Thought you might like to hear them. They’re pretty cool,” his note simply read. And while, technically this is correct, it hardly prepared us for the near immediate infatuation with Suuns’ blistering, dark electro and arena-sized psych. Elements of…
Southern California’s ANTAGONIST have posted the second video from their studio sessions in which they recorded their forthcoming album, “World In Decline,” due August 17th on Prosthetic Records. The band posted the track, “Sasha Grey” on their Myspace, last week. Vocalist/guitarist Carlos Garcia recently wrote a piece for Metal Sucks explaining the title off the track; read it HERE. ANTAGONIST recorded at Buzzbomb Studios in Orange, CA with producer Paul…
Fresh from an immensely successful tour of Australia, Two Hours Traffic prepares to release Territory in the United States on September 7th via Bumstead Productions and Red Eye Distribution. Territory is the follow up to the Charlottetown, Ontario band’s Polaris Prize nominated and internationally acclaimed sophomore album, Little Jabs. The US version of Territory will feature four previously unreleased songs from the Canadian only release of Little Jabs. Once again…
Formed in Troy (Dayton), OH, the music of FLUWID is built on infectious melodies, searing guitar riffs, powerful drums, and a strong work ethic. There is no doubt that FLUWID is a metal band that stands out in their genre by pairing brutal, aggressive verses with soaring, beautiful choruses. Their sound is a metaphor for life in the sense that there is beauty in the differences between chaos and balance.…
Corinne’s first albumdebuted at #1 on the U.K. album chart in June 2006 and she was the first British female singer-songwriter in decades to have her debut album enter The Billboard 200 in the Top 20. By year’s end, it was RIAA-certified Platinum. She won a Q award, a MOJO award, an Image award and two MOBO awards and was nominated for three GRAMMY awards – “Record Of The Year”…
In the unbearable heat of summer, Drunken Barn Dance, led by Scott Sellwood of Saturday Looks Good To Me/David Dondero, and members of City Center, Canada, & Great Lakes Myth Society, challenges you to cool off with “A Winter’s Tale,” the first single available for posting off sophomore full-length, Grey Buried, out on September 21st via Quite Scientific Records. The track – a literate, boozy amalgam of obliquely western tinged…
DOWNLOAD HERE AND HELP SPREAD IT: http://fairtilizer.com/track/nlargeyourstreetteasemix Don Rimini – Riminology Supabeatz & Landmark – Rhumbla Woohoo 2 In A Room – Carnival (Armand’s Kokonut Killa Mix) TWR72 – The Creation (Genesis Version) Brodinski & Noob – Peanuts Club (Serial Chillers Pea Your Nuts Remix) The Subs – Vomit In Style (Don Rimini Chi Town Remix) Auto Erotique – Bubonic Sir James – Special (Bingo Players Remix) Tony Senghore –…
We Came As Romans have announced the second half of their headlining tour dates for the upcoming Band of Brothers Tour. Joining We Came As Romans on the entire tour will be In Fear and Faith, Confide, Upon A Burning Body, and Abandon All Ships. The band’s complete tour schedule, including their upcoming European “Never Say Die” tour (w/Parkway Drive, Comeback Kid, Bleeding Through, Emmure, and more), and the complete…
True rock legends such as UFO are characterized not only by the fact that they have added several classic anthems to the annals of rock history, but that their musical output, after many years, still remains at such a consistently high level and they always have something new and fresh coming up. With classic albums such as “Phenomenon”, “Force it” and “No Heavy Pettin” Phil Mogg, Vinnie Moore, Andy Parker…
Australia’s Darren Hanlon has plenty to be excited about, and we’re excited for you to get excited about him, starting with this MP3 for “All These Things”. It’s from his forthcoming I Will Love You At All LP (Yep Roc, 9/21), and he’ll no doubt be playing it on his forthcoming tour with Billy Bragg (dates below). MP3 for “All These Things” (please post and share!!): http://riotactmedia.com/mp3/allthesethings.mp3 DARREN HANLON ON…
Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated hard rock band Disturbed have announced a special pre-order of their new album Asylum. The pre-order is available now. Asylum will be released on Reprise Records August 31, 2010. As a special gift to fans, the Chicago four-piece have created the documentary Decade of Disturbed. The 60 + minute film candidly captures the band’s ten-year history, with extensive behind the scenes and never before seen footage. Decade of…
While still only in their twenties, Irish trio Kopek have a history that stretches back a decade. Drummer Shane Cooney and bassist Brad Kinsella grew up as next-door neighbors in Dublin. The first singer who answered their ad in a local musician’s magazine turned out to be the golden voiced Daniel Jordan and from there Kopek was born. Look for the band to release their US CD debut White Collar…
Miami duo ANR, consisting of John Hancock and Brian Robertson, will release their album STAY KIDS in October via 10K Islands. “The Endless Field Of Mercury” “The Endless Field Of Mercury” is the first tune from the forthcoming album. Jamie Harley was kind enough to take on a video interpretation of the song. Jamie Harley has previously put together videos for Memoryhouse, Memory Tapes and How To Dress Well –…
Procedure Club is a collaborative “bedroom-pop” project founded by Andrea and Polish emigré Adam Malec in New Haven, Connecticut in 2008. The two began recording as a natural progression from their boredom with living in poverty in New Haven, sharing musical tastes in shoegaze and pop bands of the 80s and 90s, such as Black Tambourine, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, as well as a common admiration for Baroque…
In September, !!! will embark on a worldwide tour in support of Strange Weather, Isn’t It? due August 24 on Warp. Strange Weather Isn’t It? is !!!’s first full-length release since 2007’s critically acclaimed Myth Takes and was recorded in Berlin, New York and Sacramento. The record was co-produced by the band along with Eric Broucek, who is the former house engineer for DFA Records. !!! has gone through a…
The deliciously quirky White Ravens cannot be contained. Their keyboard-driven indie pop will make its way to the east coast this August. The tour starts with a gig at the appropriately named Raven Lounge in Philadelphia on August 28th. The brother/sister duo of William and Amy Bennett, who have been playing music together for six years, are hitting the road in earnest for the first time. They will be joined…