In a world of increasing conformity and musical banality, Devin Townsend is among the few real personalities who have character, charisma and surprising innovative creativity. As a solo artist and producer, a member of the (by now disbanded) Strapping Young Lad, with whom he played Ozzfest and the main stage at the Download festival, and vocalist on Steve Vai’s album, Sex And Religion, – Townsend has always inspired fans and…
Sarah Burton packs a deadly musical punch using charisma, charm and a rock and roll attitude. With songs that are at the core, folk, Sarah draws from country, pop and rock to create a sound that is both fresh and familiar. Lyrically, Sarah blends traditional folk sensitivity with quirky and sometimes sarcastic word play. Honest and intimate, coy and sometimes brash, Sarah writes provocative songs that slide nicely under the…
The Artery Foundation Across The Nation Tour is back for 2009!! Presented by Merchnow.com and Gondek Design, this year’s trek will again feature a sick lineup of bands, including headliner EMAROSA (fresh of an entire SOLD OUT tour with The Devil Wears Prada and A Day To Remember) as well as OUR LAST NIGHT, IN FEAR & FAITH, I SEE STARS, BURDEN OF A DAY and BROADWAY. Ticket Pre-sale begins…
An update from team NACHTMYSTIUM: “It is with much honor to announce our upcoming mini-tour with US rock/doom legends PENTAGRAM! The tour kicks off right here in our neighborhood in Chicago and will take us to the West Coast and then down to Texas for six exclusive performances with this very influential band that’s been around for nearly four decades in one form or another! “Thanks to everyone who had…
May 29 – Baby Bar – Spokane, WA May 30 – The Other Side – Missoula, MT May 31 – The FIlling Station – Bozeman, MT June 1- The Back Porch – Spearfish, SD June 3 – 7th St. Entry – Minneapolis, MN June 7 – Thunderbird Café – Pittsburgh, PA June 8 – The Fire – Philadelphia, PA June 9- Talking Head – Baltimore, MD June 13 – The…
Pearl Jam announced today a handful of special performances in the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands. Concerts are scheduled to take place August 13th in Rotterdam, August 15th in Berlin, August 17th in Manchester and August 18th in London. The band anticipates a return to Europe for a full-scale tour in the months following the release of their next album, which is tentatively planned for this Fall. Public tickets…
Pinnacle entertainment is now open for business.The company employees are it’s owners and Co presidents David Walker and Rashad Conners. Anthony Hodgekin says Pinnacle Ent.Inc are the new hottness on the scene in the world of hip hop and r&b music,pumping life into the sometime Cloneish copy catting world of music. Our company model is topnotch & hiphop it’s lone act are named the BBF which stands for b.boy fanatics…
HEAVY ARTILLERY RECORDS is pleased to announce the signing of Midwest thrash metal maniacs VINDICATOR. As one of the frontrunners of what has come to be known as the “New Wave Of Thrash”, Ohio based VINDICATOR laid the framework for the band during Summer of 2005 as long time friends Marshall Law and brothers Vic and Jesse Stown came together with a singular vision, drawing influences ranging from first-wave Bay…
ulogy Recordings is very proud to announce the signing of Chicago’s ROSALINE. The band is currently in the studio at JTW Studios in Wisconsin recording their debut album for the label called “A CONSTANT NORTH” which is expected for release this summer. “We are really excited to join the Eulogy Recordings family. Longevity says a lot about a business, but more so about the people running it. We feel like…
NEW YORK, NY – Like the demons in a good horror flick, COMBICHRIST have returned… and this time, they’re bringing friends. Metropolis Records labelmates JULIEN-K will be joining them on the second leg of their DEMONS ON TOUR this summer through cities that they missed earlier this year. Kicking off on June 12th, appropriately enough, in the spiritual hotbed of New Orleans, both bands will be touring in support of…
Jacksonville, FL hardcore act EVERGREEN TERRACE is pleased to announce Almost Home as the title of their upcoming release and follow up to 2007’s Wolfbiker. The band is now geared up to enter Audio Hammer Studios in Orlando, FL with Jason Suecof (Trivium, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy) who will be recording vocals and handling mixing with the rest of the recording taking place with Stan Martell…
Whoever believes that dreams don’t come true, has never met Karolyn Marie Roberts. Singer, Songwriter, (with over 300 songs to her credit) Poet, Writer and Entrepreneur (CEO of Los Angeles based TeaSigns Presents TeaShirts, (a woman’s and children’s clothing line), Karolyn is a Renaissance Woman for a new generation of women. Born and raised in suburban Southern California, Karolyn knew early that she wanted to sing. In fact, it was…
Cursive announces a new run of U.S. dates this June and July. Kicking off June 13th at the Westword Music Showcase in Denver, CO, the tour will take the band to and down the west coast before wrapping up July 1st at Club Sound in Salt Lake City, UT. The band’s current shows have already earned glowing praise, with the Riverfront Times’ A to Z music blog (St. Louis, MO)…
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that All Star Cheer Squadâ„¢2, is currently in development exclusively for Wiiâ„¢ and is scheduled for release this fall. Tony G, world renowned cheer choreographer best known for his work on the Bring it On movies, will once again serve as chief consultant for the title. In All Star Cheer Squad 2, 14 exotic locations from around the world will serve as the backdrop…
TOUR DATES 5/27 Detroit, MI – Clutch Cargos 5/28 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall 5/30 Minneapolis, MN – First Ave 5/31 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club 6/2 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant 6/3 Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont 6/6 Mountain View, CA – Live 105 BFD 6/12 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo 7/31 Jersey City, NJ – All Points West
Vernon Neilly was born May 10th to George and Verna Neilly at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Shortly after his family moved to their native home of Nassau, Bahamas. Vernon’s mother an accomplished pianist, violinist, would be very instrumental in his early musical development. Vernon studied piano, and sang in his grandfather’s church choir at the age of 6, at 10 he started playing around with guitars. His family…
Metal Mind Productions presents Hate – a death metal band with blackened death metal and industrial metal influences. The band, created in 1990, has a cult status on Polish death metal scene and is one of the most outstanding artists of the extreme music of today. „The Litanies of Satan†is their live album featuring a recording of a supreme death metal performance from February 2004. The tracklist contains mainly…
The duo Craig Morrison and Graeme Reedie have led a long and distinguished career as flag bearers for Glasgow’s Soma Quality Recordings since 1998. Writing in between Craig’s studio in a small village in the south of France and Graeme’s Glasgow studio. The album opens with ‘Koko’s Song’, a deep and hypnotic tribute to a recently deceased fan from the Bulgarian coastal city of Varna. Characterized by a lamenting guitar…
t’s always a special event when Cadenza releases an artist album, given their relative rarity. In fact, not counting copious doublepacks, the Cadenza Contemporary 01 mix CD, and Ricardo Villalobos’ counterintuitively titled Achso EP, there has only been one so far: Los Updates’ First If You Please. Making things even more special, Mirko Loko’s Seventynine is both his debut solo album and his first appearance on Cadenza, all adding up…
Major Lazer (the Jamaican commando who lost his arms in the secret zombie war of 1984 and had them replaced by lazers) lands on US soil this June with some help from his friends and Grammy-nominated producers Diplo and Switch. Presenting stateside audiences with the futuristic dancehall and digital reggae sounds crafted as a soundtrack to a not-so-distant dystopian future, clubs everywhere will be thwarting oncoming evil forces through the…