Supporting Paolo Nutini August 31 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room September 1 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues September 3 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues September 4 – Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa September 5 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live September 6 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues September 8 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre September 14 –…
After a succession of tour dates and festival appearances throughout Europe in 2008 and 2009, Swedish heavy metal powerhouse ENFORCER are preparing to invade American soil for the very first time during the NORTH AMERICAN NIGHTMARE TOUR alongside Canadian headbangers CAULDRON (Earache). In support of their best-selling debut album into the night, ENFORCER will be performing approximately 30 dates throughout North America before returning home to their native Sweden to…
Reactivated New Jersey thrash metallers WHIPLASH have joined forces with From Mild To Wild Hot Sauce Shop to produce and release the first-ever thrash metal hot sauce line. The band says: “This moderate hot sauce should appeal to anyone with taste buds. It’s been a favorite of ours for a long time and we’re thrilled to be providing it under this label.” The “three-sauce gift pack” featuring Power And Pain,…
Recently named one of Spin Magazine’s “8 Undiscovered Bands Worth a Listen,†Golden Bloom announces New England tour dates in August in support of the August 18th release of Fan the Flames: a collection of bright energetic melodies shadowing the questions pervading society. Having shared the stage with Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide, Pela and Bobby Bare Jr. among others, the live collective of sorts features an ever changing line…
Disco Ensemble is shutting it down and cracking up noses in Europe with their new single “Back on The MF Street” off the newly released EP of the same name. Now, the Finnish phenoms are bringing their genre-defying sound to the United States & Canada, having released their latest EP this spring on Fullsteam Records (www.fullsteamrecords.com) and U.S. label Paper Tiger AV (www.papertigerav.com) and a new video for their single…
Bruce Springsteen & The Legendary E Street Band have added 25 new US concert dates to their 2009 ‘Workin’ On a Dream’ tour. Springsteen has now sold over 1.5 million concert tickets in 2009 alone, with the new dates expected to push that number over the two million mark. Springsteen’s European tour has sparked raves; here’s what we’ve read from the European press: “Monumental.” – Daily Star, UK “Springsteen proves…
With lyrics inspired by Cyberpunk imagery and subculture, Dope Stars Inc. have been mixing industrial beats, acid synths and distorted sounds with a bratty rock’n’roll sound and attitude since their foundation in 2003. Their previous albums ://Neuromance and Gigahearts not only held chart positions in many European countries, but also were in the top five sellers at Metropolis Mail-order for the year in which they were released. With the new…
“[Spindrift has] upgraded the master’s spaghetti sonics for the new millennium on its imminent full-length debut The West…” -Wired.com “L.A.Â’s leading practitioners of exotic soundscapes, conjuring up dreamy spells that alternately evoke spaghetti Westerns, psychedelia, dusty blues and Old World klezmer.” -LA Weekly Mixing the dusty, cinematic soundscapes of old spaghetti-western films with the mind-expanding Psych Rock of modern practitioners like The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre (not to…
DJ JS-1 recently dropped his first single, “Ridiculous.” Teaming with OC and Pharoahe Monch, the two New York emcees’ verses meshed with JS-1’s beat to create a track that had listeners buzzing. Now, JS-1 returns with the remix. Featuring a brand new, old school, synth-chopped beat courtesy of JS-1 and a surprise guest verse from another legendary New York emcee, Masta Ace, the remix proves to be just as ridiculous…
Theatre Of Tragedy is truly a phenomenon. Their first three releases became legendary on the doom/gothic/death metal scene, while the next two introduced a completely different musical style, bringing the group closer to industrial and electropop rather than traditional metal. Today Metal Mind Productions presents the exclusive re-releases of those two controversial albums by Theatre of Tragedy – “Musique†and “Assemblyâ€. “Musique†was the first offering to take Theatre of…
Hard-hitting rockers The Veer Union recently kicked off a 7-date tour with Sick Puppies and Hurt. The tour will traverse the States with stops across the Midwest, Texas and East Coast over the next few weeks before finishing up in St. Louis, Missouri on September 11th. Check out the dates below to see when The Veer Union will rock near you. The Veer Union�s album Against the Grain, featuring the…
Crüe Fest 2 announced a partnership with Monster Energy to add an additional stage at most dates on this year’s festival. The new Monster Energy Stage doubles the entertainment value at Crüe Fest 2 with five additional bands – Rev Theory, Cavo, Shram and 16 Second Stare plus one band chosen locally in select markets, showcasing the next generation of rock. With no change in ticket prices, rock fans will…
Eleven Hundred Springs are currently writing songs for their next record. Next month’s update should have all the details. EHS recently performed on live TXA 21’s Soundcheck, if you missed the broadcast you can view it here. If you’re in the DFW area don’t forget about Matt, Steve, and George’s (EHS Tour Manager) weekly radio show “Country Jam Radioâ€. The Country Jam Radio show is on the air every Wednesday…
“Laptop pop and shoegaze. Surprisingly, the mishmash of these two genres with video game music feels organic†Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11143-in-her-gentle-jaws/ “Soaring, shoegazing soundscapes of pop wonder†Chromewaves.com “Not to be missed!†Insound “These [three] gents’ music is a wonderful collage of guitars, drums, fuzzy electronics, and heartfelt lyrics that, in this writer’s opinion, places them a couple steps ahead of most post-rock acts. Makes me want to hop the L train…
Paper + Plastick Recording artist SPANISH GAMBLE are about to make recording interesting by sandwiching studio time between tour dates, ensuring that they’re in the mood, and away from distractions. “When you are gone on the road playing music after a few days you get into a different mindset, a band mindset, if you will, and that’s what we needed to make this happen,” says Colin (guitar, vox), “Everyones gotta…
Who is Doctor Rosen Rosen? Why did he remix the whole Lily Allen Record? Clues here… – People started calling him Doctor Rosen Rosen in 9th grade- a nickname inspired by the movie Fletch (“paging Dr. Rosen Rosen.”) – First instrument was a bright yellow electric guitar– he wanted to be like Prince – He formed NYC rogue-pop band, THE HANDSOME PUBLIC with his friend Vickers Bastard Gringo. THE HANDSOME…
The New York Philharmonic will give the New York premiere of Time Turns Elastic – a work for vocals, electric guitar, and orchestra composed by Trey Anastasio, lead singer and guitarist of Phish, and his longtime collaborator, Don Hart – at Carnegie Hall, Saturday, September 12, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. An Evening with Trey Anastasio and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Asher Fisch – a benefit for the Kristine…
If you like it loud, listen to what melophobe says of The New Up, “Damn good. And quite loud. Throw in whatever references you like for lead female rock vocals: Deborah Harry of Blondie, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. ES Pitcher doesn’t have the type of voice that will blow you away after one listen, but her melodies cut cleanly through the massive waves of distorted and effected…
Sep 01 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theater Sep 03 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club Sep 04 Sauget, IL (St. Louis, MO) @ Pop’s Sep 05 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom Sep 07 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Sep 08 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre Sep 09 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Sep 11 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre Sep 12 Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen Sep 13…
Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies is known for good-natured folk-rock and humorous onstage yakking. When BNL keyboardist Kevin Hearn and his offshoot band Thin Buckle take the stage at T.T. the Bear’s Place in Cambridge Tuesday, they may play a few BNL songs, but the sound will come from a different place. “Musically, it’s a little more left-of-center,†Hearn said by phone from Hawaii. “It’s more my own singular songwriting…