Category: Artist News

Posted on: March 31, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Kottonmouth Kings Hit The Road With ICP, Coolio, Necro & Kittie For ‘Happy Daze’ Tour

The Kottonmouth Kings have announced they will co-headline the “Happy Daze” tour alongside Insane Clown Posse, with support from Coolio, Necro and Kittie. The tour will run for four weeks from May through June, hitting amphitheaters across the country beginning May 10th, 2010 in Dallas, TX. “Anytime ICP and Kottonmouth Kings team up it sends shockwaves through the underground,” commented Daddy X. “Both groups are heavyweight superpowers who have created…

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Posted on: March 31, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Drive-By Truckers #1 on Billboard Indie Chart & #22 on Top 200

The tour will kick off with a sold out show at Webster Hall in New York and wrap up with a string of dates with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. DBT will appear on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, March 31st. Hood and Mike Cooley continue to be the chief songwriters of the group, continuing a musical partnership that has lasted over twenty-five years. Bassist, Shonna Tucker, flexes…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

UK ELECTRO-POP CROONER/HOT CHIP MEMBER GROVESNOR ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM, SOFT RETURN

Grovesnor aka Rob Smoughton, drummer for UK electro-pop outfit Hot Chip and glitch-troubadour in his own right, has announced the debut of his solo album, ironically titled Soft Return, on May 25th through Lo Recordings. Grovesnor blends silky vocals with retro synth melodies. The ensuing mix is wholly distinctive: smooth and mellow with a synthetic edge, a sweet face obscuring a broken heart. It has echoes of Hall and Oates,…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

SOLID GOLD ANNOUNCE APRIL TOUR DATES

After a whirlwind 7-show stint at the acclaimed SXSW festival that set the industry abuzz, Solid Gold have just announced the first leg of of their National Spring Tour. Kicking off with a home state show in Morris, MN, and closing with a secret “Record Store Day” event in Minneapolis, the band will spend two weeks in the Midwest and East Coast supporting their brand new physical release the Synchronize…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Chicago’s Circle of Fate To Record New CD

Last years break-out CD by Chicago’s own melodic rock band Circle of Fate has captured the attention of the music public at large and the response has been no less than astounding. Described as “Pop rock with metal undertones”, Circle of Fate’s latest CD ‘Back To Life’ is an amalgamation of catchy melodies and hooky rhythms. Produced by Larry Sturm, who has worked with top music artists such as Destiny’s…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Brandi Carlile’s Tour Kills April and Beyond

APRIL 5 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios 6 Seattle, WA The Crocodile 22 Belfast, Ireland Spring & Airbrake 23 Dublin, Ireland Academy 26 London, UK Koko 27 Birmingham, UK Glee Club 28 Manchester, UK Club Academy 29 Glasgow, Scotland ABC 30 Aberdeen, Scotland Lemon Tree MAY 2 Gateshead, UK Sage 3 Cardiff, Wales Glee Club 4 Paris, France Le Reservoir Club 6 Amsterdam, Holland Sugarfactory 7 Berlin, Germany Privatclub 9 Copenhagen,…

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Posted on: March 30, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

ANCESTORS / NIGHT HORSE Set To Launch UK/European Tour, Appearing at ROADBURN FESTIVAL

For Immediate Release ANCESTORS and NIGHT HORSE are set to begin a tour in support of their April 15th appearance at the internationally renowned ROADBURN FESTIVAL. The tour will begin on April 9th in Essen, Germany. These will be the first overseas shows for both bands. Dates below. April 9 Essen, Germany Cafe Nova April 10 Arlon, Belgium Belgium L’ Entrepot April 11 Fidenza, Italy Circolo Arci Q April 13…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Jake Owen Joins Sugarland, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert For Spring Tour Dates

Jake Owen Joins Sugarland, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert For Spring Tour Dates New Single “Tell Me” from Owen’s Easy Does It Collection Is at Radio Now Nashville, TN – RCA Nashville recording artist Jake Owen continues to crisscross the nation with tour dates this spring. After beginning the year with plenty of sold-out, headlining shows, Owen heads into spring opening for three major country hitmakers. Owen is slated to…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

This April, WQXR Presents Night of Music and Mingling at New York City Opera

On April 16, WQXR will host its first mingle event for its listeners to celebrate and enjoy New York’s incomparable classical scene together. Host Midge Woolsey will welcome listeners at New York City Opera’s Madama Butterfly, with private receptions before and during the performance. On April 11, Q2, Classical 105.9 WQXR’s contemporary music stream, will present a live audio webcast of the first public concert from 110 Livingston Street, new…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS KICK OFF RECORD STORE DAY – APRIL 17, 2010

Coast to coast, fans visiting select local independent record stores on RECORD STORE DAY, Saturday, April 17, will have an opportunity to preorder the new, limited edition EP by The Smashing Pumpkins, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol 1: Songs For A Sailor. The pre-order is exclusive to independent record stores. By preordering the EP, fans will be guaranteed to own the EP and will immediately receive a collector’s edition Smashing Pumpkins…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Candlelight Records Signs Sweden’s OCTOBER TIDE

Candlelight Records today confirms the worldwide signing of OCTOBER TIDE. The band featuring guitarist Fredrik Norrman, vocalist Tobias Netzell, drummer Robin Bergh, and session bassist Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, Carnal Forge) is currently finishing work on their still untitled new album. Expected for release early fall, it will be the first new recording from the band in over ten years. It follows recent reissue of the band’s acclaimed debut Rain…

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Posted on: March 29, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Corinne Bailey Rae – North American Tour

4/6 Los Angeles, CA Vibiana 4/9 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom 4/11 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 4/12 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre 4/15 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom 4/17 Indio, CA Coachella Music and Arts Festival 4/22 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre 4/24 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall 4/26 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre 4/28 Montreal, QC Club Soda 4/30 Boston, MA House of Blues 5/1 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts 5/3…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

EULOGY RECORDINGS Signs HATE YOUR GUTS

Eulogy Recordings is very proud to announce the signing of Connecticut’s HATE YOUR GUTS. Their new album “BASTARD’S DISEASE” was recently recorded by Jay Silvestri and Kurt Zikaras at the Elwood Studio in Milford, CT, mixing and mastering was done by Nick Bellmore at Dexter’s Lab (Hatebreed, Kingdom of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust) in Milford, CT. “BASTARD’S DISEASE” will be released on Eulogy Recordings this summer. They will be touring full…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BRING ME THE HORIZON ENTER THE STUDIO

UK metal band Bring Me The Horizon have entered the studio to record their anticipated follow-up to the band’s breakthrough 2008 album Suicide Season, which Epitaph Records recently released as a Deluxe Edition in the US. Having spent the past few months holed up in their Sheffield rehearsal studio writing material for their third studio album, Bring Me The Horizon have entered Sweden’s Studio Fredman where they are once again…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

MORE THAN 20 FAMED AUTHORS ADDED TO APPEAR AT TRI-CITY SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA

The all-star cast continues to grow on the Life & Faith Tour as USA Today and New York Times Best-Selling Author Karen Kingsbury alongside former Survivor contestant and now motivational speaker Austin Carty and popular pop-rock band Hawk Nelson join the spectacular lineup for the tri-city summer extravaganza that will visit Richmond, VA (6/19/2010), Rockingham, NC (7/10/2010) and Atlanta (7/24/2010). In addition to Kingsbury, 20 additional famed fiction and non-fiction…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

STARS RELEASE FIFTH ALBUM “THE FIVE GHOSTS” JUNE 22

The wait is over and Canada’s most revered indie troop, STARS,return with their fifth full-length album, The Five Ghosts, available June 22. Five Ghosts marks the first release on the band’s new label imprint Soft Revolution Records licensed everywhere around the world except Canada through Vagrant Records . ‘We have never written an album with this much cohesion and unity’ says vocalist Amy Millan , ‘It is the first time…

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Posted on: March 28, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Cannibal Corpse to hit the road this April with guests 1349, Skeletonwitch, & Lecherous Nocturne

Tampa, FL death metalers CANNIBAL CORPSE are gearing up to hit the road in the band’s first headline run since the band headlined the Hot Topic stage on 2009’s Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Joining CANNIBAL CORPSE on The Evisceration Plague Tour is 1349 (on select dates), Skeletonwitch and Lecherous Nocturne. Decibel & Metal Sucks Present: The Evisceration Plague Tour kicks off on Tuesday, April 20th in Orlando, FL and finishes up…

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Posted on: March 27, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Microbunny Releases 49 Swans

Many people file King Cobb Steelie in the “Where are they now?” file. However, a more appropriate filing should be “What could have been.” Al Okada knows this filing system all too well. In his seven years as a founding member of King Cobb Steelie, Okada had the esteemed pleasure of working with seminal producers such as Bill Laswell and Steve Albini. Furthermore, KCS’s Project Twinkle was nominated for a…

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Posted on: March 27, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Ray Chen Signs Exclusive Contract With Sony Classical

Violinist Ray Chen, who captivated the classical music scene with his consecutive victories at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009 and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2008, has signed an exclusive multi-year recording contract with Sony Classical. In February of this year, Mr. Chen signed a worldwide general management contract with CAMI Music. His first album on Sony Classical, slated to be released at the end of 2010, will feature…

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Posted on: March 27, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

“A Little More Country Than That” Makes Rory’s 4th Number One Penned Song

Last week, husband and wife duo Joey+Rory were named ACM’s Top New Vocal Duo and are now considered nominees for the Top New Artist award. This week, the couple, also nominated for ACM Vocal Duo, will perform and receive their “New Duo” trophy during a taping of the Trace Adkins-hosted GAC special “ACM Top New Artists,” which will premiere Thursday, April 1. “Wow, where do we begin?” laughs Rory. “It…

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