Funeral Party is a five-piece band that formed late one night in a park. Hardcore bands and metal bands dominated the local music scene at the time in Whittier, California, an East Los Angeles suburb comprised of mostly working-class enclaves. In the East Los Angeles neighborhoods adjacent to Whittier however, a post-punk dance-craze revival was emerging and Funeral Party began gigging every weekend. The band quickly developed a following and…
Arthur Nasson was set to leave his basement studio and pack up the van to tour the East Coast with his 12-year old son on drums, when he was struck by a sudden change of heart. A journey was being framed in his mind, but it wasn’t for the road, it was for the quarter inch reel tape. Nasson’s flash of inspiration led him back down the stairs of his…
04/09 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club # 04/10 Iowa City, IA The Mill # 04/11 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall # 04/12 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory & 04/13 El Paso, TX Percolator & 04/14 Phoenix, AZ The Trunkspace & 04/16 Indio, CA Coachella 04/20 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom % 04/21 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret % 04/22 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern % 04/24 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place 04/25 San…
Pre-Order Rooney’s New Album Eureka, Out June 8th, In Multiple Formats Here: http://rooney.hasawebstore.com/ pre-order the album & receive an MP3 of the new single “I Can’t Get Enough” immediately. FREE ROONEY DOWNLOAD OF “I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU” AVAILABLE HERE: http://ilgrock.com/rooney/mp3-signup/ Los Angeles quartet Rooney will release of their new album, EUREKA on June 8th. Produced and crafted entirely by the band, EUREKA will be released on California Dreaming Records…
Like the subtly deep, slowburn dream-pop R&B found on the album, White Hinterland’s Kairos has calmly, cooly been winning over hearts of music fan and critic alike. It seems with each day, a new champion of Kairos steps forward. Just this afternoon, NPR selected Kairos’ opener “Icarus” as its Song Of The Day, saying of the jam: “It’s hypnagogic, certainly, but also transformative — these are the sort of reveries…
Steel Train is also excited to release an exclusive 7″ limited edition vinyl of new song TURNPIKE GHOST with a b-side cover of BULLETPROOF (by La Roux) for this year’s installment of Record Store Day (April 17th.) The 7″ will be available nationally through select independent retailers and at this year’s Coachella Music Festival, where the boys will be signing copies after their set on Saturday, May 17th. Fans can…
Singer and dynamite performer, Emii, released her new music video for “Magic” and has reached over 650,000 views in a single day. “Magic” took the #1 spot for Music on YouTube for the day and the #6 spot for overall videos. The video made such an impression that even Lady Gaga and Rihanna subscribed to Emii’s YouTube channel! Emii’s first single “Magic” is now available on iTunes. You can purchase…
Bullet For My Valentine will be have a live chat with their fans on Myspace Friday, April 9th at 5:00 GMT/12:00 EST. Tune in for an EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT and submit your questions now at www.myspace.com/myspacelive. BFMV’s new album FEVER comes out on April 27th. Fever was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte) and recorded in both Wales and Los Angeles. Fever is the follow up to 2008’s Scream…
Take a look at the new video for Take A Side from LA based punks Drive A. They are currently on the road supporting HIM and We Are The Fallen. Check out their tour diary to see what you’re missing! Video – Take A Side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e0nDwo2PSc Tour Dates: Mar 26 2010 TLA W/HIM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mar 27 2010 Sonar W/HIM Baltimore, Maryland Mar 28 2010 House of Blues W/HIM Boston,…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are winding down their first North American tour in support of new album, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo, and ending with two sold-out NYC show plus a performance on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” Set your TiVos to 12:35 am tomorrow. MYSPACE.COM/BLACKREBELMOTORCYCLECLUB
“A World In Hell,†the new video from Swedish black metallers SETHERIAL, can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/yeh3sdr The song comes off the band’s upcoming new album, Ekpyrosis, which will be released via Regain later this year. Further info TBA. The band will embark on a European tour alongside Impiety in early April. Check the tour dates here: 4/10/2010 KOBM Festival – Hessen, DE 4/11/2010 K17 – Berlin, DE 4/13/2010 Markthalle…
ear Hands set to release “The Rumpus Session” live takes on Cantora Records Currently on tour with Passion Pit; later this month joining As Tall As Lions on tour; Headline dates in LA and Seattle. All dates announced below. Always planning the next trip, Bear Hands have no time for taking breaks. In February they embarked on a month long tour with We Were Promised Jetpacks, keeping busy on the…
BIBLE OF THE DEVIL’s mammoth “Parched In The Western World” tour kicks off today at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago. Joining the band for on the majority of the dates will be the the almighty Slough Feg, and they’ll also throw down with killer acts like Naam, Leeches of Lore, DarkBlack and more throughout the tour. BIBLE OF THE DEVIL “Parched In The Western World” April 2010 US Tour 4/07/2010…
US Tour 04/21 ::: Cleveland OH @ Case Western University 04/22 ::: Pittsburgh PA @ Garfield Artworks 04/23 ::: Washington DC @ DC-9 04/24 ::: Baltimore MD @ TBA 04/25 ::: New York NY @ Barnard College (afternoon show WBAR-B-Q) w/ COLD CAVE, U.S. GIRLS, BLUES CONTROL 04/25 ::: Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda’s (evening show) 04/27 ::: New York NY @ Mercury Lounge 04/29 ::: Boston MA @ TT…
Steven White, in his Met debut, will conduct the performance on April 10. Yves Abel will conduct on April 13, 17 matinee, 21, and 24. The April 7 performance is TBA. La Traviata stars Angela Gheorghiu as Violetta, James Valenti as Alfredo, and Thomas Hampson as Giorgio Germont. The production is by Franco Zeffirelli. Hei-Kyung Hong sings the role of Violetta at the April 24 performance. This season, Marco Armiliato…
The “Won’t Turn Back Tour†follows last year’s successful headline tour – dubbed “The Outsiders Live†– which included sold-out shows in virtually every market visited, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Minneapolis, Nashville, and Atlanta among others. The South Carolina-based rock outfit consists of brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart and childhood friends Seth Bolt and Joe Stillwell. The “Won’t Turn Back Tour†celebrates NEEDTOBREATHE’s third album, The Outsiders, which…
March 9th marked the release of Mighty Tiger’s long-awaited debut album, “Western Theater.†In the few short weeks that followed, a steady stream of positive press attention and accolades from music bloggers and the like has rolled in. The band has been touring the U.S. with fellow Seattle-based rockers Grand Hallway, and made a stop in Austin just long enough to kill it at the Paper Garden Records SXSW Showcase.…
The Saddest Landscape will be heading into the studio this weekend to begin work on its first full-length record since 2003. The band is currently weighing its label options but the record should see a late Summer / early Fall 2010 release. You might not know who The Saddest Landscape is but you should. Originally formed in 2002, the Boston-based trio quickly made a name for itself in the screamo…
Following their highly successful winter tour together, Sea Wolf will rejoin the Album Leaf for an extensive second leg of touring this spring. The two bands will continue their trek through the U.S. and Canada, starting April 20 with stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia, among other major cities. Sea Wolf’s new single “O Maria!,” from White Water, White Bloom, is steadily growing at radio and just…
World renowned power trio HIGH ON FIRE will tour Europe this May with Hall of Fame metal band METALLICA. HIGH ON FIRE has been hand-picked by the legendary group to support it on a number of just announced live dates set to launch on May 11 in Belfast, Ireland. HIGH ON FIRE and METALLICA will pair up for a slew of concerts over an almost two week span including live…