In the midst of his first college tour, promoting his latest #1 album The Blueprint 3 and his recently released video game sensation “DJ Hero: Renegade Edition,†the unstoppable JAY-Z confirms North American tour dates for 2010’s BP3 tour. The second leg of the Live Nation-produced tour will begin on February 22nd in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center with more dates to be announced soon. JAY-Z will be joined…
After a lengthy hiatus, Florida’s The Mercury Program return to the musical forefront with Chez Viking, a seven-song CD/LP released by the band’s new label, Lovitt Records, on Winter 2009. Undoubtedly, The Mercury Program have established themselves as one of the most exciting bands who place a premium on intricate song craft and mesmerizing live performance. Formed in the summer of 1997, they have re-emerged with a bracing mix of…
The six song collection, “Mother”, is the musical extravagance of Hollands’ guitarist/bassist John-Paul Norpoth, whose credits include include Butane Variations, In Cadeo, Akron/Family’s self-titled Young God Records debut and Your 33 Black Angels self-titled debut, and violinist Jannina Barefield, who has appeared this year on Akron/Family’s “Set Em Wild, Set Em Free” and Osso (Sufjan Steven’s String Quartet Renditions of “Enjoy Your Rabbitâ€), performed with countless acts such as Jay-Z,…
The fourth annual ROCK TO ROLL charity event spearheaded by SideOneDummy Co-Founder Joe Sib is happening this year at Slim’s in San Francisco, CA on Thursday December 3, 2009. The event will directly benefit the non-profit organization UCP WHEELS FOR HUMANITY. Headlining the event this year is NOFX. The night will also feature performance s from WAX, DEAD TO ME and NATHEN MAXWELL & THE ORIGINAL BUNNY GANG. It is…
HATEBREED is celebrating their new self-titled album with a second North American run aptly named the “Decimation of the Nation 2” tour. The official kick off is November 6th in Cleveland’s House of Blues. The tour spreads across the continent, hitting venues in 41 cities, including parts of Canada. Cannibal Corpse and Unearth will handle the outing’s supporting responsibilities. The tour supports HATEBREED’s latest release, a self-titled album that hit…
Down And Out In London And Paris, their latest of five studio releases to date, sees prog rock band The Tangent concentrate more than ever before on their artistic expressiveness. “Our new album is a 100 percent musical project. Where the previous album, Not As Good As The Book, was this whole multimedia thing with illustrations and science fiction novel, this one is about five pieces of music on a…
Australia’s KARNIVOOL present the first video from their upcoming release Sound Awake, out February 16, 2010 via SIN/SonyMusic Independent Network. “Set Fire To The Hive,†with its distorted vocals, up-tempo vibe, raw prog-punk feel and vocalist Ian Kenny’s venomous delivery, sounds nothing like Karnivool have attempted before and takes the band into uncharted sonic territory. Karnivool “Set Fire To The Hive†video: “SET FIRE TO HIVE” MP3 http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/av4c1n Critical praise…
Jason Derulo’s momentum continues to grow exponentially, with his first smash single “Whatcha Say†as it hits # 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 this week as well as #1 at Rhythmic Radio. His video has also been picked up as ITUNES’ Video of the week. It doesn’t slow down for him as he joins Lady Gaga’s “Monster Ball†tour, which will be the hottest ticket this winter. The new pop…
As part of its ongoing Archives reissue campaign with legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, Reprise Records will release re-mastered versions of the first four of Young’s classic solo albums, 1969’s Neil Young and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, 1970’s After the Gold Rush, and 1972’s Harvest. These very special reissues, which will be available on November 23rd, have each been re-mastered from the original analog master tapes by Chris Bellman at…
Columbia Records and Favorite Gentlemen are excited to announce the video premiere for Manchester Orchestra’s second single, “Shake It Out,†on MySpace. The video is a brilliant homage to 1980’s action films (tongue firmly planted in cheek). The powerfully epic “Shake It Out,†the second single from Manchester Orchestra’s second album, Mean Everything To Nothing, was just sent to Modern Rock radio and was met with great excitement. “I’ve Got…
Last week Black Lips took to the airwaves with their live performance of “Drugs”, the rough and rollicking single featured on their most recent album 200 Million Thousand (VICE Records). Filmed during their September 25th New York show supporting Yo La Tengo at the Roseland Ballroom, “Drugs” aired Thursday October 29th on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly. Capturing their near-legendary stage presence with a rager sure to please, whatever…
11/07/2009 The Shop – Ithaca, NY w/ Sepsis, Hiroshima Vacation 11/08/2009 Mohawk Place – Buffalo, NY w/ Fucking Hot Lights, Co- Workers 11/09/2009 *NEED HELP!! PA / OH / MI 11/10/2009 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH 11/11/2009 The Bishop – Bloomington, IN w/ Racebannon 11/12/2009 Ronny’s – Chicago, IL w/ Raise The Red Lantern, Tongues, The Muzzler 11/13/2009 The Smiling Skull – Athens, OH w/ We March 11/14/2009 Jimmy’s…
What Will We Be is the sixth full length release from Devendra Banhart who exploded on the international music scene in 2002 quickly winning a coterie of devoted fans as well as an unusually hefty amount of critical kudos right from the outset. The new album was recorded in a sleepy Northern California town throughout the Spring of 2009 co-produced by Devendra and Paul Butler (from UK outfit Band Of…
Tampa, FL’s kings of groove laden death metal SIX FEET UNDER are back with their 3rd installment of the band’s cover series, Graveyard Classics 3, due out on Metal Blade Records January 19th 2010. Graveyard Classics 3 was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, FL, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and was produced by Chris Barnes. Here’s what the godfather of gore and death Chris Barnes…
From the bowels of Stockholm, Sweden comes a band (dead)icated to the early ’90s zombie and gore themes that helped make death metal a worldwide phenomenon. Pulverised Records is proud to welcome MORBUS CHRON to their expanding roster of extremity. Sticking to the tradition of DIY demo cassette tapes, MORBUS CHRON released a self-titled, four-track demo tape earlier this year, which attracted favorable responses throughout the underground metal circuit. The…
While D-Lo’s new track may start out sounding like a childhood favorite, it’s safe to say that small children aren’t quite ready for “Any Mini.” “Eenie meenie miney moe / should I get the tech or the 4 / never leave the home without it / if I ain’t strappin’ I don’t go.” Just because D-Lo may not be kid-friendly doesn’t mean he’s not party friendly, however. At the rate…
Set for release on February 2nd, 2010, Hidden marks the next step for These New Puritans, a band known for challenging, perplexing and mesmerizing in equal measure. While their debut, Beat Pyramid, infiltrated the minds and hearts of people in its complexity and angular machinations, Hidden takes the band to a whole new, inventive level and leads them further on their precise mission. Produced by These New PuritansÂ’ Jack Barnett…
Polka Dot Dot Dot is a trio of traveling minstrels composed of Jordan O’Jordan (Jordan Smith), Onyx of Olympia, and Twig Palace (Colleen Johnson). The three met in the magical realm of Olympia, Washington, but they started playing music together when their paths crossed and their particles collided in Auckland in January 2007. Their blend of banjo/harp/ukulele/guitar/clapgame music draws heavily from American folk, but finds inspiration in everything from Medieval…
On the heels of the release of their new album, Crash Love, perennial rockers AFI have announced a new string of tour dates, taking them throughout the West in January. Fans who have checked out the band’s East Coast dates have been treated night after night with a mix of old and new songs spanning AFI’s massive eight album catalog. Included as a staple each night is Crash Love and…
Candlelight Records today confirms February 9 as the American release date for Mechanize, the seventh studio album from Fear Factory. Mechanize features the highly reported reconciliation of vocalist Burton C. Bell with original guitarist Dino Cazares along with bassist Byron Stroud and journeyman drummer Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Strapping Young Lad). The anticipated album also welcomes back keyboardist/producer Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly). Mechanize is a full-fisted blast of passion and…