Building anticipation for his debut album, The Reset, out May 25, recently signed Mello Music Group producer Apollo Brown re-releases a mixtape done in 2007 named Skilled Trade. Raw in its sound, Skilled Trade is a collection showcasing Apollo Brown’s honed craft through the 30 tracks of instrumentals included in the album. “Really, the inspiration behind putting this project out was to get a little bit of my sound out…
POP Montreal, the fun and lovable independent music festival is pleased to announce it’s 9th edition taking place September 29th to October 3rd 2010 with a sneak peak at some of its headliners. Some of the highlights include the return to the stage after 14 years of the legendary post-punk band SWANS; the mysterious Canadian cult singer MARY MARGARET O’HARA; the producer/composer/musician VAN DYKE PARKS who has worked wih everyone…
w/ Moving Mountains, Lemuria, Living With Lions: 06.10 @ Lost Horizon- Syracuse NY 06.11 @ Club Hell- Providence RI 06.12 @ Ottobar- Baltimore MD 06.13 @ The Camel- Richmond VA 06.15 @ Mad Hatter Club- Covington KY 06.17 @ Beat Kitchen- Chicago IL 06.18 @ Triple Rock Social Club- Minneapolis MN 06.19 @ The Waiting Room- Omaha NE 06.20 @ Marquis Theater- Denver CO 06.21 @ Kilby Court- Salt Lake…
Sat 5/15: Portugalia: 4839 Newport Avenue, San Diego, CA 92107 21+ 9pm Sun 5/16: Characters: 276 E. First Street, Pomona CA 91776 8PM Wed 5/19: Next Bar: 4231 East Shields Avenue Fresno, CA 93726 8pm Thur 5/20: Blue Lamp: 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95816 9pm Fri 5/21: Club Six: 60 6th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 9pm Sat 5/22: Works Gallery: 451 S 1st St, San Jose, CA 95113…
LA quintet Local Natives unveiled the brand new video for Gorilla Manor highlight “World News” today on Pitchfork. The clip features everything from creepy, headset-donning doppelgangers to an amazing Frisbee-fetching kanine, with plenty of beach frolicking thrown in between – watch for the hors d’oeuvres and Gatorade baths! The video was shot on a beautiful, mountainous beach in LA and was directed by “Stillness Is The Move” helmsmen Matthew Lessner,…
inland’s indie art-pop collective Rubik are returning to the US in June for a full tour in support of their second album and US debut – Dada Bandits. Released Stateside this past fall on Fullsteam/Paper Tiger AV, the album was met with critical praise and found the Finnish collective doing a handful of US dates including a show at CMJ Music Marathon in NYC as well as session for KEXP.…
Death Metal has grown weak and soft… with the infiltration of hard-core breakdowns; gravity blasts, emo singing, and MTV saturated “fashion agenda”…what a sad affair when Death Metal becomes another genre of “POP MUSIC!” IBEX MOON RECORDS would like to invite the True Death Metal Elite to a series of select dates across the United States of America! A Tour designed for the sole purpose of taking Death Metal back…
Two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year, The Grascals, make their debut appearance on National Public Radio’s two-hour Mountain Stage with Larry Groce, May 14-16. In an episode that was recorded live at the Creative Arts Center on the campus of West Virginia University March 21, The Grascals joined a lineup that included one of Country music’s most beloved vocalists, Patty Loveless; songwriter and Grammy winner Loudon Wainwright…
Martina first came to fame after casting her vocals over Tricky’s debut album ‘Maxinquaye’ 1995, strongly confirming both her and Tricky’s names as pioneers to the Bristolian Trip-hop movement. Mercury award nominated solo debut album ‘Quixotic’ was released in 2003 and featured quest appearances from music heavyweights David Arnold, Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. The album featured hit songs ‘Need One’, ‘Anything’ and ‘Too Tough To Die’. Her follow up…
Tickets to Roger Waters’ historic tour commemorating the 30th Anniversary of The Wall officially went on sale to the public today to overwhelming fan demand. In response to the tremendous demand, Roger Waters’ has added 12 new shows to his monumental production that features a full band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production. Additional shows for the Live Nation produced tour have been added and went on sale today in Toronto,…
f you’ve not heard Bearer of the Darkest Plagues (Baars Records) from Philadelphia bruisers BLASPHEMOUS, then you’ve done yourself a serious disservice. This is memorable U.S. black metal with a death metal punch and easily one of the best examples of the style you’ll hear in 2010. Distinguishing itself from the scores of one-trick pony USBM albums that bog down in a blur of one-dimensional songwriting and middling musicianship, Bearer…
Fresh off their appearance on The AP Tour 2010, Scottsdale, Arizona’s The Summer Set will headline the closing celebration for CBS Sports Network’s Alt Games: College Action Sports Championships at San Diego’s Wave House on Saturday, May 15th at 7pm. A limited number of tickets are available online for free (online fee does apply) and at the Sound Wave Box Office, open Friday – Sunday 12noon-6pm. Alternatively, fans can watch…
Top global hitmaker, Pitbull, announced this afternoon via Twitter and his website (www.PlanetPit.com) his decision to cancel the May 31 date of his “Mr. Worldwide’s Carnaval” tour in Phoenix, AZ in protest of the recent passing of the state’s controversial SB1070 legislation. In his heartfelt Tweet, he stated, “I am canceling my concert in Phoenix on May 31. How is the country we enjoy and love bcuz of its human…
Swedish punk rock supergroup IRON LAMB — Johan Wallin (General Surgery, Scurvy, Bombstrike, ex-Repugnant), Gustaf Lindström (ex-Repugnant), Thomas Daun (Dismember, ex-Repugnant, ex-Insision and Daniel Ekeroth (Tyrant, ex-Insision, ex-Dellamorte, author of Swedish Death Metal) — recently entered the studio to record their debut full-length scheduled for release via Pulverised Records later this year. Said the band in an official statement: “On Friday May 7th IRON LAMB [entered] the studio with Bobbi…
Assume the fetal position; WARVICTIMS’ Domedagen is about to pay you a decidedly unfriendly visit. On offer are fourteen new tracks from Sweden’s masters of D-beat, Käng and Rå-punk. This is pure raging D-beat raw punk in the true Scandinavian tradition. No doubt about it; Domedagen contains WARVICTIMS’ best material yet. WARVICTIMS started out as a kängproject by Sylen and Jocke in 2006. The basic idea then was, and still…
Polish extreme metallers HATE have been working on their new compositions for a over six months now. The band will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland just after their North American tour with Hypocrisy, on June 5, to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. HATE have announced the title of their forthcoming material as Erebos, which comes from ancient Greek and means literally…
05/13 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club 05/14 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre 05/15 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air 05/16 Boise, ID Knitting Factory 05/17 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory 05/18 Eugene, OR Mcdonald Theater 05/20 Reno, NV Knitting Factory 05/21 San Diego, CA Soma 05/22 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues End Tour Cool Tour 2010 Tour w/ Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats,…
Rock On The Range 2010 Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-866-448-7849. Columbus Crew Stadium is located at One Black & Gold Blvd., Columbus, OH 43211 About The Band: From the beginning, TAPROOT has created a smarter, deeper style of post-hardcore and heavy melodic rock. This overture can be credited to the unique combination of personalities in the band; Vocalist – Stephen Richards, Guitarist – Michael…
Illinois’ favorite poser-crushers LOW TWELVE will play two sets at Coconut Louie’s in Bloomington, Ill on Friday, May 21st in celebration of the May 18th release of Splatter Pattern. It is sure to be an evening to remember, as LOW TWELVE assaults the audience with classic cuts of old and soon-to-be-classic cuts from Splatter Pattern, an album that Kevin Hansen of Infernal Rock Radio called “by far the most aggressive…
This summer Ezra Furman & The Harpoons will be touring the U.S. with Delta Spirit and promoting their Minty Fresh release Inside The Human Body. Thu – Jun – 9 San Francisco, CA The Independent Fri – Jun – 10 Portland, OR Doug Fire Lounge Sat – Jun – 11 Seattle, WA Neumos Sun – Jun – 12 Vancouver, BC The Venue Mon – Jun – 14 Boise, ID Neurolux…