US black metal legends ABSU will tour the US for the first time in nearly 8 years on Candlelight Records’ third North American label package tour. Set to kick off on June 6, CIII will feature ABSU, with support from French black metal troupe GLORIOR BELLI, Los Angeles-based SOTHIS and the recent addition of Pennsylvania thrashers RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER. The tour will visit 22 cities throughout the US and Canada beginning…
Street punk from Boston might be an accurate summation, but a sincere understatement of the musical prowess of the veteran ensemble. Since the band’s inception, countless touring miles logged behind the wheel, performing on stages across the world and back again, combined with the well rounded ear of seasoned songwriters, FFF is so much more than punk. With three studio releases under their belt, FFF’s ability to harness a real…
Phoenix’s Anarbor have been touring non stop since the release of Free Your Mind, their second EP for Hopeless Records. With a winter long stint on the 2009 Take Action Tour (alongside Cute is What We Aim For, Breathe Carolina, Meg & Dia and Every Avenue) behind them and a tour with Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know currently underway, the band has just announced plans to…
MASTER was and is still truly an influential band and I would daringly assume that a lot of the early extreme metal bands were somehow influenced by MASTER…. Paul Speckmann was really enthusiastic to join the Pulverised family and furthermore, very easy to work with. We hope that with our support on the upcoming new album, it will be MASTER’s most devastating and crushing album yet!” Comments Paul Speckmann: “It’s…
Description: Simply put, Teenage Rehab is a straight forward punk rock band. Fast and angry traditional hardcore songs and some pop punk inspired sing alongs. http://www.myspace.com/teenagerehab Bio: Formed in late 1997, Teenage Rehab have set out on a mission: Cripple indie rock and all this poetic bullshit that people assosciate with punk rock. This deep fried 3 peice have garnered a reputation for being in your face, raw and to…
Dates below w/ Metallica: June 14 Hartvall Arena Helsinki, FIN June 15 Hartvall Arena Helsinki, FIN June 17 Spektrum Oslo, NOR June 19 Novarock Festival Nickelsdorf, AUS June 20 Sonisphere / Goffert Park Nijmegen, HOL June 21 Hellfest Nantes, FRA June 22 Datch Forum Milan, ITA June 24 Palalottomatica Rome, ITA June 27 Graspop Festival Dessel, BEL June 28 Gods of Metal Milan , ITA June 30 Rockwave Festival Athens,…
“Sounds Like Love” now looks, feels, and smells like love in Illa J’s new video that manages to stimulate all of the senses. As Illa sits in solitude reflecting on the love he feels for his lady, we can smell the smoke filled air and see the hallucinating effect a dose of romantic love can have. We can even feel the warmth as the mermaid’s movements compliment Debi Nova’s sensual…
Fleet Foxes 2009 North American Tour More information on pre-sale can be found at http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes. Festival dates are on sale now. Support act to be announced soon! http://www.subpop.com/tour_dates/spotr/artist/fleet_foxes Date City Venue 7/29/09 Washington DC 9:30 Club** 7/30/09 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory** 7/31/09 Jersey City, NJ All Points West – Liberty State Park 8/1/09 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival – Fort Adams State Park 8/03/09 Montreal, QC Metropolis Theatre** 8/04/09 Toronto,…
In support of their recently released sophomore album, Scramble, The Coathangers will be embarking on a North American tour starting next week. In less than three years, Julia Kugel (guitar/vocals), Stephanie Luke (drums/vocals), Candice Jones (keyboard/vocals), and Meredith Franco (bass/vocals) have grown from a band of girlfriends buying the cheapest instruments a pawn shop could offer, to a group of formidable, adaptable performers. The girls will be on the road…
After working with various producers and musicians Mary decided to embark on a voyage of musical discovery. There are no airs or graces with this London based Singer/songwriter. She’s simply on a mission to create well-crafted pop songs. She encompasses elements of 80’s melodic pop and electronic ambience in her music. This combined with her warm and deep vocal sound makes for great pop songs. Over the last six years…
Lebowski Fest is proud to announce that Indie Rock/Dance/R&B sensation Har Mar Superstar will be joining the 2009 ‘Speed of Sound’ Tour for the West Coast run of Movie Parties in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, and Las Vegas (full dates below). Har Mar has opened for The Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose bassist, Flea, played a Nihilist in the film. So Mr. Superstar’s ‘Lebowski’ lineage is well established.…
Castevet’s debut 7″, “Stones/Salts” has been officially released through Paragon Records. The 7†is available on clear vinyl, and is limited to 300 copies worldwide. You can preview “Stones/Salts†now at the following site: http://castevet.bandcamp.com. “Stones/Salts” can be purchased through the band’s website or from Paragon’s site now. Journalists into covering the release can get in touch with Earsplit now as well. In the demonology tome The Lesser Key of…
The classical megastar, Lang Lang, and iconic jazz pianist, Herbie Hancock, will pair up in concert for an inaugural world tour this summer. Following their highly successful 2008 Grammy® highlight performance of “Rhapsody in Blue,†it seemed only natural that the pair would bring their unique backgrounds to an even greater collaboration on the world stage. The two pianists kick of this unprecedented tour at the Montreux Jazz Festival in…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that its highly anticipated action adventure game Dante’s InfernoTM will be coming to the PSP® (Sony PlayStation® Portable). Based on part one of Dante Alighieri’s classic, “The Divine Comedy,†EA’s Dante’s Inferno will also take players on an epic adventure through Dante’s famously mapped nine circles of hell. Dante’s Inferno will be available simultaneously for the PSP, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and…
A sultry slide guitar, the lonely moan of a blues harp, the righteous thump of a fatback bass and the sticky soulful rhythm of a Beale Street backbeat… Joanna Cotten’s music lays it all out like a slow ride down through the Delta. Then she starts to sing, and all Heaven breaks loose. She calls her music “funkabilly,” and the appellation fits just right, serving as a dead-on description of…
“Time to bring the funk and intensity back in a new way. Time to open the sound againâ€, says Luke Slater about his new Planetary Assault Systems album “Temporary Suspensionâ€, which will be released on Ostgut Ton at the end of June. Funk and intensity, that’s how the Brit who’s successfully searched for new ways of expression in electronic music for the past 20 years, pin-points the essence of this…
he newly formed record label Alistair Records has just announced the signing of its first R&B recording artist Chanj. Chanj, (pronounced change) is Alistair’s premier artist. His debut album Time For Chanj, is scheduled for release later this year. Chanj hails from Plainfield, NJ and is a 4-time “Showtime At The Apollo†grand-prize winner. After performing his rendition of Floetry’s hit song, “Say Yes,†the singer cemented himself as a…
Trustkill is proud to announce a worldwide deal with AWAKEN DEMONS from Italy! Hailing from beautiful Cesena, Italy, they just recorded their brand new album ‘THE MIRROR’, due out this coming summer on Trustkill. The album is 10 songs of pure aggression, and features guest vocals from Vincent Bennet (The Acacia Strain) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis). In 2007 they released their debut album “From Heaven To Hell” through Seventh…
After his great contribution to Secret Love 5 with Destruction of Ourselves, Irish soul-boy STEE DOWNES is now back on Sonar Kollektiv his brilliant debut album All In A Day. STEE has been raised with the love of Soul music thanks to his parents’ record collection and this experience shaped his outlook on music and life. Multi-instrumentalist – he plays guitar, bass, keyboard – and renowned DJ that mixes skilfully…
Satirically touching on the American way, Canadian Invasion showcase what lies underneath the white picket fences, traditional family values and odes to materialism with the new video for “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.†anfnewsacctwww.neufutur.com