In continuing support of the band’s2008’s release Twilight of the Thunder God, AMON AMARTH has announced a spring, 2010 North American headlining tour, which marks the band’s first tour in the states since their April/May 2009 run with Goatwhore, Skeletonwitch, and Lazarus A.D. The scheduled 15 date trek kicks off on April 8th at the House of Blues in Hollywood, CA. Support on the AMON AMARTH tour will come from…
Warner Bros. Records is pleased to announce that Senior Vice President of A&R and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has signed British singer and songwriter Neon Hitch to a recording deal. Hitch will begin recording her debut album with executive producer Benny Blanco (Ke$ha, Spank Rock, 3OH!3, Britney Spears) in the next month. “Neon Hitch is a star!†DioGuardi says. “I fell in love with her voice and personality the…
Puccini’s love story La Bohème returns to the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, February 20, with Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and Polish tenor Piotr BeczaÅ‚a as Puccini’s star-crossed lovers, Mimì and Rodolfo. Franco Zeffirelli’s dazzling production, conducted by Marco Armiliato, runs through Saturday, March 20. Fellow bohemians in the cast are portrayed by Nicole Cabell as Musetta, Gerald Finley as the painter Marcello, Massimo Cavalletti makes his Met debut as the…
For the occasion, Bobby Birdman assembled a band of his favorite Portland players to jam under the hot lights of the cable-access studio: Adam Forkner of White Rainbow (seen in the video exhibiting his unparalleled dance style), E*Rock of Audio Dregs/Fryk Beat, and his fellow YACHT and the Straight Gaze bandmates Jona Bechtolt, Claire L. Evans, Jeff Brodsky (Jeffrey Jerusalem) and D. Reuben Snyder (Rob Walmart). By sheer coincidence, they…
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Providence, RI progressive metallic hardcore giants THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL have announced a string of upcoming live dates for February/March 2010. THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL recently released their debut full-length, Awaken, via guitarist Nick Sollecito’s own Angle Side Side Records. Awaken has already made a massive impact thanks to positive reviews, a spate of killer live shows, and appearances on Metal Injection and AOL’s New Music Listening Party as well…
OK Go, the band whose inventive self-directed music videos have set internet records and won the band a GRAMMY, will unveil their latest crazily ambitious clip – the second video for current single “This Too Shall Pass” – on Monday, March 1st at www.okgo.net. Before shooting commenced last week, the band spent four months working with SynnLabs, a team of creative engineers with day jobs at NASA and Jet Propulsion…
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Tampa, FL death metalers CANNIBAL CORPSE are gearing up to hit the road in the bands first headline run since the band headlined the Hot Topic stage on 2009s Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Joining CANNIBAL CORPSE on The Evisceration Plague Tour is Skeletonwitch, Lecherous Nocturne, and 1349 on select dates. Decibel & Metal Sucks Present: The Evisceration Plague Tour kicks off on Tuesday, April 20th in Orlando, FL and finishes up…
Boston’s hometown heroes, Therefore I Am, have announced a full US Spring tour with Equal Vision alumni, Alexisonfire, kicking off April 21st. A special fan pre-sale will launch tomorrow, February 17th, through ArtistArena, with the regular on-sale date scheduled for later in the week. As a warm up to the Alexisonfire tour, the band is currently on the road with The Wonder Years and Man Overboard. Therefore I Am has…
If you’ve been paying attention to your internet, you should have an inkling that The Besnard Lakes is going to reign down holy horse fire upon the record players of the world with their March 9th (8th in the UK) release, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night. The Besnard Lakes shall then rule the kingdom, and they will traverse all of the climate zones of North America in a…
In other news, NEURAXIS are still hard at work on their upcoming album. Commented singer Alex Leblanc: “It’s coming along really well. We are now past the half-way point of the writing. Olivier Beaudoin, our new drummer, is tracking demos, which is speeding up the process a lot. I am going to lay down vocals for those this weekend. My first time recording since i stopped smoking so it should…
The Antlers have released a second music video from their 2009 breakout album Hospice. The video for “Bear,†shot in the bleak and snowy forest of… um… Bear Mountain, features beautiful cinematography and fantastical imagery, offering a perfect visual complement to the song’s moving lyrics. Rife with metaphors, despite the video’s initial dreariness, “Bear†maintains some of the same themes of hope that we saw in the bands’ video for…
BEC Recordings’ Kutless has impacted fans once again with another power ballad, “What Faith Can Do.†Kutless’ hit song has struck a chord with listeners since its debut in the fall with their worship project “It Is Well.†This week “What Faith Can Do†broke into No. 1 on AC Monitored, marking its spot at No. 1 in four Christian radio formats (CHR, AC Mon, AC Indicator, Inspo). The hit…
In celebration of the digital release of their new LP, Georgia & Declaime are proud to release a brand new single from SomeOthaShip, “Heaven Or Hell.” Produced by Georgia Anne Muldrow, the track features Black Milk as well as the legendary Kool G Rap and Long Beach MC LMNO, each personifying one of the many layers between heaven and hell. Mello Music Group founder and owner Michael Tolle explains, “I…
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With a sound so unique that it deserves its own genre name, Oslo’s Pirate Love takes Scandinavian indie rock to a whole new level. Black Vodoun Space Blues is not only the title of the band’s latest release, but is also the most fitting genre name for Pirate Love’s raw, mind-bending sound. Signed to Kong Tiki Records, Pirate Love takes its cues not only from 60’s garage punk, rockabilly, and…
NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES Feb 18 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY – SOLD OUT Feb 19 – FouFounes Electriques – Montreal, Quebec Feb 20 – WrongBar – Toronto, Ontario Feb 22 – 91X Show – San Diego Feb 23 – Cinespace – Los Angeles, California Feb 24 – Spaceland – KROQ $1.06 SHOW – Los Angeles, California Feb 25 – Popscene/330 Ritch – San Francisco, California Mar 15-20…