Category: Artist News

Posted on: July 20, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

ARTHUR NASSON – BOSTON MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST RELEASES THREE-PART SUITE “ECHO GARDEN” ON OCTOBER 5, 2010

Earlier this year, a journey was framed in the mind of Arthur Nasson. Not one for the road, but for the quarter inch reel tape. The resulting odyssey is Nasson’s low-fi, single album trilogy Echo Garden, out October 5, 2010 on Philistine Records. Nasson affirms the journey Echo Garden leads the listener through: “It feels like everything is different by the end of the album, as if we go through…

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Posted on: July 20, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

LYNCH MOB Embarks On A Summer Tour

Lynch Mob is getting ready to embark on a summer tour in support of their current release “Smoke and Mirrors” on Frontiers Records. The band line-up for this tour consists of George Lynch (shred master), Oni Logan (vox), Michael Devin (bassologist) and Brian Tichy (time-keeper). After seventeen long years singer Oni Logan and guitar wizard George Lynch found their way back together and again show their amazing abilities in some…

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Posted on: July 19, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Streets on Fire to release This is Fancy TOMORROW!

With a growing loyal fan base and a reputation for keeping the dance floor moving, The Streets on Fire has been rocking Chicago venues the Metro, Double Door, Debonair, and Empty Bottle and was recently featured on WLUW’s Razor and Die show as well as Q101’s Local 101 show. Their debut EP, 2009’s Hot Weekend, has gained rapid attention in the Chicago music scene. Referring to themselves as more of…

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Posted on: July 19, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

MOLLY HATCHET’S BOBBY INGRAM COMMENTS ON U.S. TOUR

June 1st, 2010 marked the release of MOLLY HATCHET’S latest studio effort Justice. The album has been receiving rave reviews and the new songs are being heralded as instant classics. Guitarist and songwriter Bobby Ingram said the following about the current tour in support of Justice: “…..As we are on tour now and playing the new album “JUSTICE” in circulation in many countries we are seeing so many people, cultures…

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Posted on: July 19, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Guy Penrod Embarks On First Solo International Tour, Promotes His Debut Country CD, BREATHE DEEP

Guy Penrod, the dominant voice of the Gaither Vocal Band for the last 14 years, embarks on his first solo international tour (July 31 – August 16), which encompasses six countries and a variety of venues, ranging from large theaters to intimate church settings. Penrod’s tour supports his debut country CD release, BREATHE DEEP, produced by Brent Rowan (Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton) for Servant Records/Gaither Music Group. The first single…

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Posted on: July 19, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Working For A Nuclear Free City To Release The Jojo Tempest Burger Sophomore Double Album Out October 12th On Melodic Records

The Jojo Burger Tempest is the new album from the UK’s finest electronic post-rock band Working For A Nuclear Free City, the follow-up to 2007’s Businessmen & Ghosts. And like that expansive debut, The Jojo Burger Tempest takes place across two discs, with 15 tracks on one and the 30-minute title track on the other. Everything about the album is epic. It was recorded over a period of 18 months…

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Posted on: July 19, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

NYC’s Julius C embarks on annual Crocs-sponsored “Rock Star Camp” summer tour.

NYC band Julius C doesn’t go on the kind of tour most bands go on. For the last several years, the band has spent the hot months touring summer camps. Band leader Jay Stollar developed the “Rock Star Camp” program to bring more arts activities to summer camps after spending his youth hoping for such an experience. Five years into the program, the band is now sponsored by the Crocs…

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Posted on: July 18, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

WHORRID To Open Central Illinois Metalfest

Rotting Corpse Records recording artists WHORRID were just added to the Central Illinois Metalfest, set to take place July 23rd and July 24th at the Canopy Club in Urbana, IL. They will be going on at 1:15 pm on Friday July 23rd. Doors open at 12 noon. Also appearing will be EMBRACE DAMNATION at 2:45 pm. Be sure to be there early so you don’t miss any of the great…

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Posted on: July 16, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

PLACE OF SKULLS To Release New Record This Fall

Knoxville, Tennessee doom metallers PLACE OF SKULLS are pleased to announce the upcoming release of their long-awaited fourth full-length entitled As A Dog Returns. The follow-up to 2006’s The Black Is Never Far was recorded at Lakeside Studios in Knoxville by Travis Wyrick and founding guitarist/vocalist Victor Griffin (Pentagram, Death Row, Cathedral, Joe Hasselvander) with drums recorded and engineered by Mike Dearing. Said Griffin of the band’s latest output: “The…

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Posted on: July 16, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Folk Psychedelians, Vanish Valley, Release Their Self-Titled, Full-Length Debut

Andrew McAllister announces the release of Vanish Valley’s self-titled record debut. The album is being released on his own independent Hard Bark Records and will be available for sale through CD Baby, iTunes, and Amazon on July 27th, 2010. Andrew McAllister (formerly of Conrad Ford/Tarnished Records) has assembled a group of musicians for a song cycle titled, Vanish Valley. Blending elements of folk, country and psychedelic rock, the songs on…

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Posted on: July 16, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE COOL TOUR KICKS OFF TODAY IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA!!

July 16 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar July 17 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy July 18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre** July 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston July 21 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom July 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory July 23 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion July 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Complex July…

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Posted on: July 16, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

blessthefall kicks off Cool Tour with As I Lay Dying and Underoath

The hottest metal line-up of the summer is about to hit a town near you, as blessthefall kicks off Cool Tour today in Orlando, FL! The tour features As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried & Me, The Acacia Strain and Cancer Bats. Don’t forget, you can check out behind-the-scenes photos from blessthefall new video for “To Hell And Back” now on AOL Noisecreep. Stay tuned for the the…

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Posted on: July 15, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

HUMANGLED TO RELEASE VIDEO FOR “LIQUIDFIRE”

Italian Death Metalists, Humangled will be filming a video for the track “Liquidfire,” from their Abyss Records debut, Fractal. Humangled has teamed up with award-winning director / screenwriter Vincezno Ricchiuto for the shoot. Filming is scheduled to get underway this month. Guitarist Luke Scurb has this to say about the video’s subject matter, “Liquidfire is a severe analysis of the loss of consciousness due to drug abuses. In many cases,…

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Posted on: July 15, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Cookbook & Uno Mas – “When You Rock & Roll” Feat. Evidence

Cookbook and Uno Mas, members of the storied L.A. Symphony return with “When You Rock & Roll” armed with a slickly produced video clip directed by Carey Williams. The video casually shifts gears from solemn to humorous as fellow rapper, Styliztik Jones plays the part of aspiring pop-rapper dolling himself up, and later shimmying around for his character’s imaginary video shoot. Jones’ performance kept the mood light on set with…

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Posted on: July 15, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

TEXAS IN JULY Signs to Equal Vision Records

Equal Vision Records is pleased to welcome Texas In July to its roster. Defying any definitions of age, the band has already toured the country and back, sharing stages with everyone from The Devil Wears Prada and Every Time I Die to August Burns Red and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster – all before the entire band had graduated from high school. With their two youngest members walking across…

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Posted on: July 15, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Omega Crom – Add More Summer Shred Tour Date

Kicking of their Summer Shread Tour on July 23rd, Vancouver Metal Ripper’s Omega Crom have announced additonal tour dates in Coaldale, AB, Montreal, QC and Canmore, AB. In celebration of their tour, Omega Crom are releasing their second single off their debut Blood, Steel & Fire for metal fans everywhere. To check out the single “The Passing of Azazel” please visit the Reversed Records website at the following link –…

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Posted on: July 14, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Susana Baca Announces More US Tour Dates Seis Poemas Out NOW On Luaka Bop

“Don’t forget me, sing me.” Those were the words Chabuca Granda wrote on her deathbed more than twenty years ago in a letter to Susana Baca. For Baca, Chabuca’s plea is as powerful today as when she first read it. Seis Poemas, her latest six-song EP is partly a tribute to Chabuca Granda, one of the great figures of Latin American song. Baca, who got her start spinning the poems…

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Posted on: July 14, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

THE TEMPER TRAP ANNOUNCE FALL US TOUR

After monumental sets at both this year’s Coachella and Bonnaroo festivals, Melbourne’s finest export, The Temper Trap, will return to the States to play Lollapalooza and Outside Lands festivals along with a run of shows that will take them west. This will be followed shortly after by a headlining tour throughout North America this Fall, including their biggest show to date and Austin City Limits Festival. Dougy Mandagi’s soaring falsetto…

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Posted on: July 14, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

The Aikiu

“’Just Can’t Sleep’ is about a love affair with the late 70’s and early 80’s in New York City. A time when the city was in despair and at its lowest in places and extremely high in plenty of others. Studio 54, one of those infamous places where many worlds collided under one roof, all with an air of decadence, disco and glamor, “There’s also that paranoid element to it…

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Posted on: July 14, 2010 Posted by: Sargeant Comments: 0

Go Radio to head into the studio to record debut album

Go Radio will be heading into the studio this August to record their debut album. The band will be recording with Tim O’Heir (The All-American Rejects, Hot Rod Circuit, The Starting Line, Say Anything) for their first full-length, slated for an early spring 2011 release. The band is currently on the road with The Dangerous Summer, and kick off their tour with Secondhand Serenade, The White Tie Affair and Runner…

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