Friction Records is pleased to announce that on August 24th, 2010, it will release Of Gold, the debut 12″ from Bars Of Gold. Featuring former Bear Vs Shark front man Marc Paffi, as well as original BvS drummer Brandon Moss and members of instrumental noise outfit Wildcatting, Bars Of Gold’s overall sound doesn’t fall far from its punk roots. Still, the Michigan five piece manages to branch out into wonderfully…
Ed Kowalczyk, legendary lead singer and songwriter of the multi-Platinum rock band Live, who is releasing his first solo album, Alive, on July 6 has also announced July U.S. tour dates. The summer tour schedule starts July 1 in Buffalo, NY and ends August 6 in Chicago, IL at Lallapalooza for a solo acoustic set. A full list of dates is below. Currently, Ed is giving away a FREE download…
In the midst of touring the country this summer, performing at fairs, festivals and concert halls, IBMA Entertainers of the Year Dailey & Vincent will make a stop at Nashville’s Greer Stadium on Monday, June 28, to sing the National Anthem as part of WSM/Opry Night at the Nashville Sounds baseball game. The Sounds take on the Round Rock Express at 7 p.m. Opry announcer, WSM air personality and music…
Turkish old school deathsters and Dark Descent recording artists BURIAL INVOCATION have been invited to play Denmark’ s Kill- Town Death Fest, one of the few non-Scandinavian acts participating. The three-day festival is scheduled for September 16-18, 2010 in Hovedstaden, Denmark. The l ineup will also include Dark Descent bands STENCH OF DECAY and MIASMAL, both of whom will be releasing albums on the label in 2011. BURIAL INVOCATION released…
The 6th Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am presented by Hurley (www.switchfoot.com/p/broam) will feature performances by Timmy Curran, Dynamite Walls, Jon Foreman and Friends, OK Go, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants, The Almost, Kate Voegele and Young the Giant. The concert/surf contest will take place on Saturday, June 26th, at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. The event will benefit San Diego and Oceanside, CA chapters of StandUp For Kids (www.standupforkids.org), a national nonprofit…
wl City’s Adam Young has retreated to the studio to start work on the follow up to his platinum selling debut album – Ocean Eyes (Universal Republic). After spending a good part of the past year on the road in support of Ocean Eyes, this admittedly shy and introverted artist is thrilled to be home and working on his next album. However the break will be a short one as…
The divas are out in full force this summer and hitmaking songwriter Claude “Studio Beast” Kelly is at the helm of their chart invasion. Claude Kelly has done it again — penning sure-fire summer hits for pop music divas “Woohoo” by Christina Aguilera, “Bittersweet” and “The Worst Part Is Over” by Fantasia, “Love Is Your Color” (theme song to Sex And The City 2 movie and soundtrack) by Leona Lewis…
On the heels of a new partnership with renowned producer Randy Jackson on his new label DreamMerchant21, KIMBERLEY LOCKE revels in the continued success of her April release of “Strobelight”. The now megahit wrangles Billboard’s #1 spot on The Hot Dance Club Chart amongst the likes of Kelis and Kylie Minogue. Such positive reception of the track has sparked the attention of several celebrated DJs and producers who have since…
Legendary stoner rock band SLEEP split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and High On Fire, and more recently metal supergroup Shrinebuilder. This Fall, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis to perform the seminal Holy Mountain album as well as selections from Dopesmoker and more. SLEEP debuted with 1991’s Volume One…
EAST OF THE WALL are devising their next cross-country live attack for all of July. The New Jersey crew will be touring in support of their upcoming Translation Loss full-length Ressentiment, to see release while the band is on the road. Ressentiment is a concept record in which the band focus on a slightly different sound, integrating the use of vocals and an increased emphasis on sonic dissonance, and was…
Rev Theory are currently in Los Angeles’ Henson studios recording the follow up to their 2008 cd, Light It Up with famed veteran rock producer Terry Date (Soundgarden, Pantera, Deftones). Their forthcoming cd, yet to be titled, is scheduled for release in early 2011 on Interscope. “To be able to sit in the same room and work on your music with a guy that has produced some of your favorite…
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart had quite a 2009, and 2010 is shaping up to be even better. They released their self-titled debut last February to universal acclaim, racking up features in magazines like Spin, Rolling Stone and NME, earning Best New Music status from Pitchfork, and touring the US and Europe non-stop. They began 2010 with a month-long tour of Japan, New Zealand and Australia, but somehow…
The recently signed Interscope/Cherry Tree Records group features members Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif and DJ Virman. Far East Movement have also had success with their hit ‘Girls On The Dance Floor’ which reached #1 on major Los Angeles radio stations including Power 106 while still independent artists. Far East Movement toured with with Lady Gaga and LMFAO and their new smash single ‘Like A G6’ is available on iTunes. Far…
06.21.10 – San Diego, CA @ the Soda Bar 06.26.10 – San Jose, CA @ Left Coast Live Festival 07.10.10 – New York City, NY @ the Rockwood Music Hall 07.11.10 – New York City, NY @ the Zebulon Lounge 07.12.10 – New York City, NY @ Pete’s Candy Store 07.13.10 – New York City, NY @ Bruar Falls 07.15.10 – Sacramento, CA @ the Blue Lamp w/ Admiral Radley…
The Bay Area’s Jewish Music Festival marks its two and a half decades with a day of free outdoor festivities for all ages and background at the Yerba Buena Gardens on July 11, 2010, including instrument building workshops, instant choruses, klezmer jams, and performances running from kid-friendly to hip. In addition to the fun free-for-all, the Festival is presenting several groundbreaking multi-media, multi-platform performances, the edgy interpretation of Jewish roots…
Small Black are busy fellas these days. Small Black have also been busy in the lab putting the final touches on their first full-length album, and apparently they’re getting power tools involved! Today we are proud to present a new music video directed by Nick Bentgen for “Bad Lover” off of their self-titled EP. The video features incandescent glows, acetylene torches, and an array of instruments of construction/ destruction that…
June 23rd Liv in Washington DC, MD June 24th Southpaw in NY, NY June 25th Spring 4th in Atlanta, GA June 26th Venue TBC in Miami, FL June 29th Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia, PA Quadron’s self-titled release is available now on Plug Research (www.plugresearch.com). For more info on Quadron, please see www.myspace.com/quadronquadron. AAA NeuFutur.com
Shredding, PA’s premier gang of death/thrash/reggae maniacs, GLOOMINOUS DOOM, have just announced a string of live dates with everyone’s favorite amplifier destroyers, underground sludge/noise/rock legends JUCIFER. GLOOMINOUS DOOM’s new album, The Feature, is now available from DRP Records, and comes jam-packed with the quartet’s trademark tongue-in-cheek humor, razor-sharp riffs, thrashing mayhem, punk attitude, death metal ferocity, low-slung reggae grooves, and just a dash of drag-racin’ PBR-guzzlin’ redneck flair. Oh, and…
Al-Jazeera today announced that renegade shock-rockers GWAR have recently and secretly returned to North America to begin the final preparations for a host of promo events and concert appearances in their continuing two-year long 25th Anniversary. After a lightening-quick four-month break spent in the band’s hulking south-pole fortress (“fighting penguins…” claimed GWAR front-thing ODERUS URUNGUS, “and working on a new album…”), the band reportedly made landfall late Wednesday evening, arriving…
David Karsten Daniels newest album ‘I Mean To Live Here Still’ is a collaboration with avant nine piece Fight The Big Bull and will be available digitally on FatCat Records this summer. With lyrics borrowed from the work of transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau and Daniels’ voice backed by the glorious and big-hearted Richmond, VA based Fight The Big Bull, this is an album worth repeated listens and one which will…