The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is excited to announce the newest addition to the 2010 lineup: the Lunar Stage. The stage will be set up outdoors and have a giant screen for fans to watch the World Cup games during the day, starting at 6:30am. At night the Lunar Stage will morph into an open-air dance party, where world-renowned electronic artists and DJs will be performing late into the…
The eighth annual Bard SummerScape presents Judgment Day (“Der jüngste Tag”), a gripping 1937 drama by Austro-Hungarian Ödön von Horváth, one of the most talented playwrights of his generation. A runaway hit of last fall’s theater season in London, Judgment Day implicitly investigates the roots of Nazism among Austria-Hungary’s ordinary working people. The new production from acclaimed young Irish director Caitriona McLaughlin, in translation from the German by Academy Award-winner…
AS I LAY DYING Debut on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at #10 with “The Powerless Rise” Group will make nation TV debut on the Revolver Golden Gods Awards airing Saturday May 22nd on VH1 Classic BAND TO APPEAR ON “LOVELINE” TUESDAY, MAY 25 (11:00 PM PST) TO CO-HOST WITH DR. DREW PINKSY WORLD TOUR UNDERWAY! “It’s not that that they’ve changed their formula so much as honed it to…
Aug 5 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Center w/ Owl City & Maroon 5 Aug 6 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless w/ Owl City & Maroon 5 Aug 7 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Perf. Arts Center w/Owl City & Maroon 5 Aug 10 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center w/ Owl City & Maroon 5 Aug 11 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach w/ Owl City & Maroon 5 Aug 13 Bristow, VA (DC) Jiffy Lube Live…
This summer, Chromeo, the virtuosic New York and Montreal-based synth-funk duo will hit the road with the like-minded disco outfit Holy Ghost! for the Business Casual Tour presented by Green Label Sound. Leading up to the release of their long-awaited third studio album Business Casual (out August 17th on Atlantic Records), the 23-date tour kicks off Monday July 26th in Washington, DC, following their special joint performance with Daryl Hall…
In the spring of 2009, 21C Media Group launched a new image- and awareness-building program called 21C Artists To Watch for classical musicians on the brink of major careers. Through this initiative, 21C provides regular information about the artists’ activities directly to classical music tastemakers in both the industry and the media. Since its inception only a year ago, the program has developed a selective roster of some of the…
“Triangle Folds,” taken from his sprawling DJ-Kicks mix, is the first Holden offering for over four years. Naturally it displays all of the trademark Holden musical perversions: loose, live-feeling rhythms, quirky time signatures and the bare minimum of pandering to the dictates of the conservative DJ. The track is the edited-down result of heady late night analogue jam sessions improvising on an electronic theme using his enviable modular synthesizer collection:…
The full lineup for the 11th annual installment of ProgPower USA — the largest alignment of progressive, classic and power metal bands on American soil — has been finalized for this September’s festivities. As always, the massive event, held in Atlanta, Georgia, will include a plethora of both stateside and European acts, including headlining acts Kamelot, Accept and Hammerfall, along with Turisas, Nocturnal Rites and more. This year’s festival will…
Before Derek Nicoletto started his new band, the electro/rock/pop outfit DEREK AND THE DARLING, he wrote a song called “Hustler with a Rescue Plan,” detailing where he was mentally and emotionally after the breakup of his former band, Telling on Trixie. And now, Derek and the Darling will be taking its debut EP on the road on their inaugural BALD AMBITION TOUR that kicks off this week in PIttsburgh, PA…
After 20 plus years, UK classic rock legends Wishbone Ash have released a new single, “Reason To Believe”, which is creating a huge buzz amongst the music press and fans of the band worldwide. The single is part of an EP that also features an album edit from the forthcoming CD and two superb remixes which stand out on their own. It is now available for download on iTunes. “Reason…
Throughout their 37-year career, KISS (www.KISSonline.com) has sold 80 million albums, played in front of millions of people and become an integral part of American culture. Now, rock’s most iconic band is unleashing another assault on North America with The Hottest Show on Earth tour starting on July 23. KISS will perform such classics as “Detroit Rock City” and “Rock and Roll All Nite” as well as hits that they…
9th Annual Reggae In The Desert June 12 In Downtown Las Vegas, NV Lineup Features: Barrington Levy, Sly & Robbie, Marcia Griffiths, Yellowman, Mystic Roots and Haleamano Clark County Parks and Recreation and Frederic Apcar Productions present the ninth annual Reggae in the Desert concert, which returns to the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater with a collection of acts including Barrington Levy, Sly and Robbie, Marcia Griffiths, Yellowman, Mystic Roots…
The K Singles Zip-Pak, a new subscription series of electronic singles, will begin July 1 with an advance preview of Mirah’s “Gone Are all the Days” 12” single [KLP222]. Include are all four versions of “Gone Are all the Days” from the 12” release plus a bonus dance re-mix by Shawn Parke and a rhythm mix by Christopher Doulgeris available only through the K Mail Order Dept. This debut week…
Clap, Slap, Step and Sing: The International Body Music Festival Concert Lincoln Center, New York City August 12, 2010 From the tundra to the tropics, people can’t resist the urge to snap, clap, step, holler, and sing artful music. This universal resonator-our bodies-and its myriad global sounds ignite audiences of the International Body Music Festival in Concert at Lincoln Center, August 12, 2010. Body music old and new will be…
Country/pop crossover band Sons of Sylvia just premiered the music video for their first single, “Love Left to Lose,” off of their successful debut album Revelation. The day after the release Sons of Sylvia performed the song on American Idol – after the performance, Revelation immediately made its way to the top 10 on the iTunes download chart, where it stayed for over two weeks! Check out “Love Left to…
B9 newcomers Foundation are currently out on a full US tour with their friends in Backtrack and have just confirmed a tour throughout June and July alongside Terror, Grave Maker and Naysayer called the Keepers of the Faith Tour! Foundation drummer Champ Hammett said, “We couldn’t be more excited to be a part of the Keepers Of The Faith tour. To be able to see this tour in smaller venues…
AVAILABLE FOR FREE WEDNESDAY, MAY 26th ON MADDECENT.COM www.maddecent.com The ubiquitous electro-dancehall duo Major Lazer has partnered with English synthpop outfit La Roux to create Lazerproof, a mixtape to be released for free on Wednesday, May 26th from Mad Decent! On their self-titled debut from Cherrytree / Interscope, La Roux front-woman Elly Jackson channels her new wave and pop influences and projects them onto a backdrop of intricate electronic musings…
DIAMOND EYES was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Alice in Chains, Coheed & Cambria, Foo Fighters) and recorded in Los Angeles, CA. The band recorded the album after their best friend and bassist Chi Cheng sustained a debilitating brain injury from a car accident in November of 2008. “After Chi’s accident, it would have been easy for us to make a sad record,” says singer and guitarist Chino Moreno. “But really,…
Australia’s CONTRIVE will release their long overdue album THE INTERNAL DIALOGUE on July 2nd 2010. The first pressing will be available as Special Limited Edition hand numbered embossed digipak to #500 copies only! It will be available in stores Australia wide via MGM Distribution or order through the band’s Myspace page for fans outside of Australia. It will also be available via iTunes and many other digital outlets. Mixed by…
Denver death metallers ENEMY REIGN recently made their live debut on European soil beginning with a thoroughly pummeling performance at this year’s edition of the Neurotic Deathfest in Tilburg. The sold-out event featured ENEMY REIGN alongside some of extreme metal’s finest acts including Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Pestilence, Dying Fetus and Napalm Death. The band followed their deathfest appearance with a string of pillaging club shows in Belgium, the UK, Switzerland…