Diamond Rio will be the first act to perform at Atlanta Motor Speedway in conjunction with a NASCAR event this Sun. Sept. 6 as the GRAMMY ® nominated band performs the pre-race party concert and the National Anthem. This race will mark the Inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Night Race at the speedway. Fans will experience a lot of ‘firsts’ next weekend in addition to the Diamond Rio concert, including…
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band continues its’ run on the road with a brand new batch of headlining dates across the U.S. this fall! THE WORD IS OUT! FOLLOWING A 6 WEEK TOUR OF EUROPE AND OVER A DOZEN DATES ON WARPED TOUR, THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND IS SPREADING THE WORD WORLDWIDE! “Funny, you’d never peg Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band as a Midwestern group. With its…
rosthetic Records’ has signed Seattle’s Trap Them. The band’s sound combines elements of old school Swedish death metal, punk, and d-beat and takes influence from bands such as Entombed, Black Flag, Nasum and Tragedy. Trap Them has spent time on the road with Napalm Death, Disfear, Skeletonwitch, Victims, Rotten Sound, Toxic Holocaust, and Coliseum, amongst others and has appeared at Maryland Death Fest & New England Metal and Hardcore Fest.…
Sep 05 2009 Middle East Downstairs, Boston, Massachusetts &+ Sep 06 2009 La Sala Rossa Montreal, Quebec &+ Sep 07 2009 Horeshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario &+ Sep 08 2009 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, Illinois &+ Sep 09 2009 Stage Door at the Orpheum Madison, Wisconsin &+ Sep 10 2009 The Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska &+ Sep 12 2009 Monolith Festival Morrison, Colorado Sep 13 2009 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah…
Monsters of Folk was born on the road five years ago when My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter M. Ward toured together and regularly sat in on each other’s sets. Now armed with the eclectic collaborations that make up their debut album, the illustrious quartet will reconvene for several Fall tour dates. Throughout each show of the tour, the four members will…
The Motion Sick, a band known for their Kurt Vonnegut style prose, return to the studio to tell a story of their own for the upcoming eight song EP, A History of Flight. A short story will accompany the songs with each song having its own corresponding chapter written by The Motion Sick front man, Mike Epstein, . Amongst a backdrop of love and betrayal, A History of Flight, the…
Mystic duo Magic Wands returns with the Magic, Love and Dreams EP, recorded with John Hill (Santogold, Lykke Li, Nas) out now on Bright Antenna (US, Japan) and Young and Lost Club (UK). Recorded in John Hill’s New York Studio – and using the same drum machine as Prince’s Purple Rain – Magic, Love and Dreams is cosmic pop of the highest order. Magic Wands had spent six months touring…
With his first single, “On The Ocean,” currently sitting atop the Urban AC charts for over six weeks, Universal Republic recording artist K’Jon is back with “This Time,” the second single from his upcoming major label debut, I Get Around. Featuring a medley of strings, keys, guitars, and soft horns, this track is perfect display piece for the smoothness of K’Jon’s vocals. His voice is also perfect for the song’s…
Artillery, one of the best thrash metal bands around, returned with a brand new studio album. “When Death Comes†is their first studio release since the 1999’s “B.A.C.Kâ€! The album is available in Europe since mid June, and has beegn released in Japan. So far their new record is getting rave reviews from European media. Here is the one from the British Terrorizer Magazine: “Five albums in over 25 years…
The third wave of SUNN O))) live aktions on American soil in support of Monoliths & Dimensions have been announced, this time blanketing the East Coast. As on their previous Midwestern and upcoming West Coast tours this summer, label mates EAGLE TWIN will be joining SUNN O))) on these dates, in support of their debut full-length The Unkindness of Crows, which was released this week. A very special night on…
U.S. tour with GOJIRA: September 21 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg September 22 Baltimore, MD Ottobar September 24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade September 25 New Orleans, LA The Hangar September 27 Houston, TX Warehouse Live October 2 Orlando, FL The Social October 5 Knoxville, TN Valarium October 6 St. Louis, MO Pop’s Nite Club (also w/ Goatwhore, The Berzerker, Warbringer) October 7 Milwaukee, WI The Rave Bar October 9…
It all started with a phone call. The X. Best to let voicemail pick that one up! YOU HAVE 1 NEW MESSAGE: “Hey, sorry to call but my neighbor has got to leave L.A in a hurry, he’s selling everything including this old church organ for 50 bucks. Do you want it?†This was worth the pain of calling the heartbreaker. “He’s got someone coming later today to see it,…
Hugh Cornwell is a man of the people! The original vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter for punk and new-wave legends The Stranglers, will be touring the US this September and playing The Stranglers’ classics and his new album Hooverdam. He has made Hooverdam available for free download to anyone and everyone right now on his website www.hughcornwell.com! The site can be viewed in twelve languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese,…
Reactivated Garden State thrashers WHIPLASH have posted another new song — “Fight Or Flight” — on their official MySpace Page. Visit: http://www.myspace.com/whiplashusa to check it out. The track comes off the band’s new album, Unborn Again, which is scheduled for Aug 5th release via Pulverised Records. The CD was recorded at Studio with world-renowned engineer/producer Harris Johns (SODOM, KREATOR , HELLOWEEN, SEPULTURA). The band mixed and mastered the CD at…
“Mew sound so good live it kind of pisses me off,†Tweets Trent Reznor. So good, that Mew will be joining NIN for a handful of U.S. dates in addition to the UK dates the band is currently on. Mew will also play select headline dates in Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in which they will be performing new songs off their highly anticipated upcoming release:…
Raunchy is without question one of Denmark’s most talented musical groups – their stunning mixture of hardcore, industrial and melodic death metal brought them not only worldwide acclaim, but also the attention of one of the most respected European metal labels of all times – Nuclear Blast Records. Under their wings Raunchy released their first two albums – “Velvet Noise†and “Confusion Bayâ€. These classic offerings return now as exclusive…
“The musical pastiche of The Inner Banks is an exercise in euphony, with each disparate sound complementing the piece as a whole. Epics from anthills, each track is grand in scope yet completely unassuming, a piece of a soundtrack that never swells but always delivers.” – SPIN The Inner Banks is married couple Caroline Schutz and David Gould and their eclectic group of collaborators. Caroline and David began work on…
UPCOMING US TOUR DATES 9/13: Denver, CO @ Monolith Festival 9/25: New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage (w/ Phoenix) 9/26: New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage (w/ Phoenix) 10/4: Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival 10/14: Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater 10/17: San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Band Michael Angelakos (Vocals/Keyboard) Ian Hultquist (Guitar) Ayad Al Adhamy (Keyboard) Jeff Apruzzese (Bass) Nate Donmoyer (Drums)…
Go to http://thebeatlescompleteonukulele.blogspot.com/ to download “Your Mother Should Know†and read producers’ Roger Greenawalt and David Barratt’s interpretation of the song. “Roger and Dave say, Your Mother Should Not Know. Don’t trust her. Don’t tell her a thing. She can and will use it against you.†Alan Cohen Experience is a musician, talk show host, and painter who used to do mainly self-portraits, but now focuses on walls and windows.…
Hailing from Dallas, TX — Matt Mullins, Kellen McGregor, Jeremy Grisham, Ryan Bentley and Cory Elder are Memphis May Fire. Their debut full length CD “Sleepwalking” produced by Casey Bates (Chiodos, A Skylit Drive) hits the street today as the band continues on the road in support. “heads straight for the adrenal gland before unleashing an unexpectedly melodic chorus…what follows pretty much ploughs the same furrow, they really do know…