Cage The Elephant’s self titled debut album just became available on iTunes and entered the iTunes Album Chart at #54! The record will be available in stores this Spring. Newly signed to Jive Records, Cage the Elephant created a stir at last week’s South by Southwest Festival with their compelling live performances. If you weren’t able to catch the Kentucky rockers at SXSW, you will have another chance this April…
Japan’s Coffins is finally making it back to the US after last year’s successful East Coast tour. This time they will bring the doom/death to the American West Coast. Going along for the ride are their Oakland label mates Stormcrow. The tour will start in Seattle on April 30th and culminate with both bands appearing at the infamous Los Angeles Murderfest alongside such bands as Samothrace, Eyehategod, Despise You, General…
Check out New York City’s The Virgins and their new video for “One Week Of Danger”: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid4020141001/?bctid=ref:A10302B0000657710N
After being heavily pursued by multiple record labels, BC Jean, a hit-making songwriter and gifted vocalist, has signed a recording deal with J Records.
* ISIS have put up a new song from the forthcoming record, Wavering Radiant (Ipecac, May 5), on their MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/sgnl05). The track is titled “20 Minutes / 40 Years.” ISIS will announce a six week US tour next week; the tour is set to kick off May 14 in San Diego.
Time Turns Elastic, a ground-breaking work for vocals, guitar and orchestra composed by Trey Anastasio and Don Hart, will be released on May 12th by Rubber Jungle Records, Anastasio’s independent label. The piece – orchestrated by Hart and performed by Anastasio and The Northwest Sinfonia, conducted by David Sabee – blends the intrinsic elegance of classical music with searing blues-rock guitar, resulting in an exhilarating work that engages and challenges…
Finnish progressive rock band Overhead revealed the tracklist and cover of their forthcoming DVD entitled “Live After All”.
THE LEMONHEADS have signed to Brooklyn, NY-based THE END RECORDS and will be releasing their long-awaited covers collection, VARSHONS, on June 23, 2009.
Canadian rockers Inward Eye are set to conquer the US this summer with their raucous sound and utterly dynamic live show. With dates supporting Sum 41, as well as a stint on the Warped Tour and a performance at Bamboozle, the guys of IE will be introducing American fans to their high energy club shows that have won over hoards of Canadian tastemakers.
Stage dive into spring with the Jägermeister Music Tour! Jägermeister is teaming up with legendary American punk band, Pennywise and dub rock trio, Pepper for this year’s spring Jägermeister Music Tour.
Redemption. Paranoia. Guilt. And brief glimpses of a better tomorrow, all cloaked in pop hooks that truly help the medicine go down.
See the “Blind” video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc4o0SEcbdM “Blind” digital maxi-single out now on i-tunes via Crazy Hood / Latchkey http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=303109638
The great majority of artists spend their formative years, if not their entire careers, working to shake off the gravitational pull of their predecessors, and the many masters and masterpieces that came before them. Rare indeed is the artist who outgrows their early influences, and instead become one of the markers by which other groups are measured. Almost alone among bands of the last two decades, Tortoise is a group…
UK powerhouse Kasabian are primed to release their third record The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum on June 9th, 2009 in the United States on RCA Records. Produced by Serge Pizzorno and Dan the Automater (Gorillaz, DJ Shadow), it is a follow up to their second album Empire which debuted at #1 on the UK charts was rewarded 9 of out 10 stars by the NME. Kasabian will be giving…
After giving us their serious side in “Snap To The Future,” Big Urban unveils the comedy in “Love is a Battle,” the second release off of their forthcoming EP, It’s Not So Much the Heat, It’s the Humidity. In freestyle fashion, Krayola rhymes about how his heartbreak has left him with a gruff appearance and eating food that even a starving college student wouldn’t touch while guest emcee StarPower’s self-control…
Tinyfish revealed the title of their forthcoming DVD recorded during their appearance at the progressive rock festival, Progrock 2009, which took place in Katowice, Poland on 16-17 February. “One Night On Fire†DVD documenting Tinyfish’s great concert at the WyspiaÅ„ski Theater will feature a selection of the band’s best songs taken from their previous releases as well as of the tracks which will appear on their forthcoming album. The band…
Tiësto will be delivering a sensational set of soaring vocals and epic breakdowns and arrangements for his adoring crowd at Vegas’ hottest nightclubs, Jet and The Bank, Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25, respectively. Tickets start at $75 and are currently available for purchase at www.wantickets.com. Tickets will be on sale at the door, prices subject to change.
Jenny Owen Youngs is back with her second album, Transmitter Failure due May 26. This record is a bold departure from her 2007 release Batten The Hatches, which thrust Youngs into the spotlight (and won her a record deal with Nettwerk) when her song “Fuck Was I†was featured on the TV show “Weedsâ€.
The Offspring, one of rock’s most exciting and enduring bands, have announced they will hit the road this May for their first full North American tour in nearly 4 years. The announcement came via the band’s just unveiled “S*** Is F***ed Up†tour widget featuring a mock “presidential address†by Dexter Holland (vocals, guitar). View the widget now on www.offspring.com.
Los Angeles-based band The 88 (www.the88.net) announced today a spring tour which includes opening for the B-52s, 311 and Matt Costa in support of their most recent CD, Not Only… But Also, released last fall. Confirmed tour dates are: 4/15 @ Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ (w/311) 4/16 @ Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM (w/311) 4/18 @ Salzer’s Records, Ventura, CA (National Record Store Day in-store) 4/25 @ House of Blues, Anaheim,…