A year and a half after releasing the acclaimed Alopecia LP, WHY? returns with their fourth album, Eskimo Snow (released Sept. 22, 2009). The two records are each other’s perfect foil: While last year’s release found Yoni Wolf and the gang delivering a tight set of intricate rhymes, live loops, slurred hooks and acerbic wit, Eskimo Snow offers a sung, sobering take on mortality that unfurls in lush waves of…
Dave Shapiro (Booking Agent at The Agency Group, Los Angeles) and Portland, Oregon’s Rise Records are pleased to announce their recent partnership to create a new imprint in the Rise Records family- Velocity Records. Dave Shapiro will own and run the new label with the help of the Rise team, and will be working directly with Rise on all upcoming and future projects. This exciting new partnership will further develop…
Fates Warning to release deluxe edition of Parallels on March 16th, 2010! Fates Warning has announced the release of the deluxe edition of their seminal 1991 album, Parallels! Fans can get their hands on this new take on the album on March 16th, 2010. The deluxe edition has been completely re-mastered and contains well over 3 hours of music and live footage. Parallels is the sixth record from the prog…
The 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary this year at Chicago’s Union Park, on Friday, July 16 – Sunday, July 18. This three-day event will once again showcase a variety of cutting-edge, global performers on three stages in one of the most comfortable and positive festival environments in the country, all brought to fans at a fraction of the price of any other nationally renowned music festival. In…
Los Angeles rising star metal quintet Holy Grail will head in to the studio this month to record their debut album, CRISIS IN UTOPIA, due out on Prosthetic Records in late Spring. Acclaimed producer/remixer/musician Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle) will be at the production helm. Previously known as Sorcerer, Holy Grail features members from a former line-up of White Wizzard. Assembled less than a year ago, Holy…
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM are preparing to embark on their Cascadian Tour 2010, the previously announced four-date all-ages live run within their Pacific Northwest homelands. Since the tour’s initial announcement, the show in Portland, Oregon has been moved to a new venue, now taking place at Rotture. Immediately following this set of shows, the band embark on their first ever Australian tour for a week and a half of…
2/26 Toronto @ Supermarket: Nufunk, G.E & Do Right! Music 2/27 Montreal @ Sala Rossa: The Goods 3/3 Amoeba Hollywood Instore 3/4 Santa Monica @ Zanzibar: Afro Funke 3/5 San Francisco @ Milk 3/6 Washington D.C. @ Eighteenth St. Lounge In the words of Benedic Lamdin: “Skeletons is a made up band. I kid you not – it doesn’t exist. These musicians never stood in the studio together, they just…
01 March Brooklyn, Music Hall of Williamsburg SOLD OUT 02 May Washington, 9:30 Club 03 May Philadelphia, First Unitarian Church 05 May New York, Webster Hall 06 May Boston, Paradise 07 May Montreal, Cabaret Music Hall 08 May Toronto, Mod Club 10 May Chicago, Lincoln Hall 11 May Minneapolis, Varsity Theater 14 May Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom 15 May Seattle, Neumos 16 May Portland, Doug Fir 18 May San Francisco, Great…
New Jersey’s VTT is proud to announce a confirmed March 12 show in the band’s home state of New Jersey alongside legendary American metal band W.A.S.P. on their headlining trek. Plans are also underway for a tour of greater America later this year, most likely this summer; details will be available on that trek shortly. In the meantime VTT will continue playing in and around the Northeastern US, continuing to…
Winston Audio 2010 Tour Dates! Feb 16 – 40 Watt – Athens, GA Feb 19 – Princess Theatre – Columbus, MS** Feb 20 – Ole Tavern – Jackson, MS** Feb 21 – Hayride – Shreveport, LA Feb 22 – Hey Joes – Cleveland, MS** Feb 24 – O’Leavers Pub – Omaha, NE Feb 25 – 400 Bar – Minneapolis, MN Feb 26 – 400 Bar – Minneapolis, MN Feb 27…
Feb 13 || Denver, CO || Ogden Theatre Feb 15 || Chicago, IL || Vic Theatre Feb 16 || Toronto, ON || Phoenix Concert Theatre Feb 18 || Boston, MA || House of Blues Feb 19 || New York, NY || Terminal 5 Feb 20 || Philadelphia, PA || Trocadero Feb 21 || Washington, DC || 9:30 Club The Antlers will be supporting Editors on all dates besides Seattle and…
Nebula will embark on a full US Tour beginning on March 16th in Houston, TX. The band will also be appearing at SXSW and will be performing at the recently announced Tee Pee Records Showcase . Tee Pee Records labelmates Quest For Fire will support the band on the first leg and The Willowz and Lionize will support Nebula on the second leg of the tour. Nebula is currently in…
To get themselves out to the west coast where the band will be slaying audiences as headliners of the Atticus Metal Tour 2, Unearth will team up with Veil of Maya and Armed for Apocalypse on a 10 date cross country run. UNEARTH Pre-Atticus Dates w/Veil of Maya and Armed for Apocalypse 02/20 Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon 02/21 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre 02/23 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall 02/24…
Michael Hersch conceived of his most recent epic chamber work, Last Autumn, in two distinct incarnations: for horn and cello, and for alto saxophone and cello, respectively. When the first of these received its world premiere, it generated high critical esteem and “long vigorous applause.†Now New Yorkers have the chance to witness the world premiere of the second – Last Autumn for saxophone and cello, Books 1 & 2…
03/03 West Springfield, VA Jaxx 03/04 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero 03/05 Worcester, MA The Palladium 03/06 New York, NY Nokia Theater 03/07 Montreal, QC Club Soda 03/08 Quebec City, QC Imperial 03/09 Toronto, ON Opera House 03/10 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s 03/11 Detroit, MI Blondie’s 03/12 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge 03/13 Milwaukee, WI Rave no Voivod 03/14 St Paul, MN Block Station 4 Tour w/ Kreator, Kataklysm, Evile, Lightning Swords…
Balmorhea’s new album Constellations will be available later this month. Free mp3 download here. • In celebration of this new release, the band will perform in Austin, TX on Feb 19th at Central Presbyterian Church with Damien Jurado. • In March the band will tour the US with 4AD recording artist Efterklang and perform at SXSW. Date and venue info is available below. • The band’s first Daytrotter session will…
February 11 Prattein, Switzerland Z7 February 12 Treviso, Italy New Age February 13 Milan, Italy Tunnel February 15 Barcelona, Spain Sala Salamandra February 16 Madrid, Spain Sala Ramdall February 20 Oxford, UK Academy 2 February 22 Glasgow, Scotland Cathouse February 23 Manchester, UK Club Academy February 24 Wolverhampton, UK Little Civic February 25 London, UK Underworld March 13 Brooklyn, NY The Music Hall of Williamsburg “It wasn’t the easiest record…
FEB. 17 BROOKLYN, NY UNION HALL MAR. 17-20 AUSTIN, TX SXSW APR. 7 ATLANTA, GA CENTER STAGE* APR. 8 RICHMOND, VA HAT FACTORY* APR. 9 PHILADELPHIA, PA TLA* APR. 10 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL* APR. 11 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB* APR. 16 ROCHESTER, NY WATER STREET* APR. 17 COLUMBUS, OH LC PAVILION* APR. 18 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES* APR. 20 CHICAGO, IL HOUSE OF BLUES* APR. 21 ST.…
“If Diamond District is any indication, DMV really does have what Oddisee refers to as ‘the hottest edition of what you’ve been missing.’” – HipHopDX.com “On ‘Back To Basics,’ the MCs liken themselves to the ’93 version of De La Soul. While it’s a bit too early to go that far, Diamond District comes close.” – PrefixMag.com “In the Ruff (Mello Music Group) recalls hip-hop from yesteryear (and sometimes Slum…
2010-02-13, Saturday: Esslingen, Germany – Komma 2010-02-14, Sunday: Trier, Germany – Ex-Haus 2010-02-15, Monday: Mannheim, Germany – Der Bock 2010-02-16, Tuesday: Lyon, France – Le Sonic 2010-02-17, Wednesday: Toulouse, France – Le Lieu Commun 2010-02-18, Thursday: Rennes, France – Antipode 2010-02-19, Friday: Paris, France – La Fleche D’Or 2010-02-20, Saturday: Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix 2010-02-21, Sunday: Colmar, France – Le Musee du Jouet 2010-02-22, Monday: Strasbourg, France –…