Category: Artist News

Posted on: June 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Lebowski Fest ‘Speed of Sound’ Tour Confirms Har Mar Superstar For July West Coast Dates

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.…

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Posted on: June 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

CASTEVET drops debut 7-inch; full-length details emerge

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…

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Posted on: June 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 1

Lang Lang & Herbie Hancock World Tour

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…

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Posted on: June 3, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

EA INVITES PSP OWNERS TO GO TO HELL

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…

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Posted on: June 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur.com Introduces Joanna Cotten

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…

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Posted on: June 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

‘Temporary Suspension’ is the new album from Planetary Assault Systems aka Luke Slater on Ostgut Ton

“Time to bring the funk and intensity back in a new way. Time to open the sound again”, says Luke Slater about his new Planetary Assault Systems album “Temporary Suspension”, 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…

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Posted on: June 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NEWLY FORMED ALISTAIR RECORDS USHERS IN A “TIME FOR CHANJ”

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…

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Posted on: June 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Trustkill Signs Italy’s Awaken Demons

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…

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Posted on: June 2, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Stee Downes “All In A Day”, TBR on Label: Sonar Kollectiv

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…

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Posted on: June 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Artillery returns with a brand new studio album!!!!

Denmark’s Artillery is one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal and the band’s contribution to the bourgeoning genre is difficult to ignore. The Danish quartet successfully managed to fuse an abrasive brutality with technicality and good melodies, with the noteworthy guitar leads of the Stützer brothers as well as the remarkable vocals from Flemming Rønsdorf serving as highlights. Due to Artillery’s demos being well distributed, the band gained worldwide…

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Posted on: June 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BICLOPS album nears completion; Summer tour announced

BICLOPS (ex-Postman Syndrome, current East Of The Wall) are currently in the studio at The Machine Shop (King Crimson, Clutch, Lamb Of God) with producer Will Putney, completing their debut full-length for a to-be-determined label. Demos for three of the nine songs can be heard at http://www.Biclops.net. Immediately following the completion of the recording, the band will hit the road with tourmates Knife The Glitter for a short east coast…

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Posted on: June 1, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

JEFFREE STAR TO RELEASE FULL LENGTH DEBUT BEAUTY KILLER THIS SUMMER

JEFFREE STAR is set to unleash his debut album, BEAUTY KILLER, late this summer. The first single, “Prisoner,” debuted on MySpace on Friday and received almost 500,000 plays over the weekend. “Prisoner” now available on iTunes here. JEFFREE STAR is confirmed for the first half of this summer’s Vans Warped Tour and will follow that up with a national headlining tour in support of BEAUTY KILLER. JEFFREE STAR is currently…

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Posted on: May 31, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur.com Introduces Miles Outside

Miles Outside is a five piece live alternative hip hop band based in the Bay Area by way of Japan, Taiwan, San Francisco, and San Mateo. The members of Miles Outside are from various musical backgrounds including funk, rock, jam, hip-hop, soul, and drum n bass. Vocalists Paulie Rhyme and Moto, along with drummer Young Dave, are most notably known from their membership in Finless Brown, while Justin and Bobby…

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Posted on: May 31, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

GOATWHORE announces ‘Carving Out the Eyes of God’ as the title of their new studio album

New Orleans, LA’s sons of American no-frills black metal, GOATWHORE, have just announced that the title of their fourth full-length album, and second for Metal Blade, will be Carving Out the Eyes of God. For the follow up to 2006’s A Haunting Curse, GOATWHORE headed back to St. Petersburg, FL to record with producer Erik Rutan at Manna Studios with mastering being handled by Alan Douches of West West Side.…

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Posted on: May 31, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Quidam – live album “The Fifth Season – Live in Concert” out in June

Metal Mind Productions will release “The Fifth Season”, a live album by Quidam – definitely one of the most important Polish progressive/art rock bands. The band was founded in 1991 by Maciek Meller, Radek Scholl and Rafal Jermakow. Soon they were joined by Zbyszek Florek. They played under the name Deep River then and offered a mixture of hard rock and blues. The change of the musical direction was evident…

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Posted on: May 31, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Pearl Jam Announces Two Special North America Engagements in August 2009

Pearl Jam announced today two, summer, North American performances. Concerts are scheduled to take place August 21st in Toronto, Canada and August 23rd in Chicago, Illinois. Public tickets for the Toronto, Canada show goes on-sale Friday, May 8th at 2:00 pm (local time) at all Ticketmaster outlets and online at www.ticketmaster.ca. Chicago, Illinois public ticket go on-sale Saturday, May 9th at 11:00 am (local time) and are also available at…

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Posted on: May 31, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

COHEED AND CAMBRIA JOIN HEAVEN & HELL ON THE ROAD

Coheed and Cambria, the progressive rock outfit who are recording their fifth album, are also spreading their wings by playing to new audiences in 2009 creating more visibility in the metal world, as well as the jam and indie circles more than ever. Earlier this year, the band supported the heavy metal juggernaut, Slipknot, and now mix that with varied festivals such as Mountain Jam, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Austin City…

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Posted on: May 30, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NeuFutur Introduces Michael Patrick

– BIOGRAPHY – Although his home state of New Jersey doesn’t offer much in the way of Traditional country music these days (Heck, there’s only one radio station and maybe a few bars if your into modern pop country and line dancing), Michael Patrick takes great pride in filling that void and offers fans a place to call home at his local area performances. Michael didn’t always play country music.…

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Posted on: May 30, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

DeeExpus – DVD update

DeeExpus revealed the tracklist of their first DVD release “Far From Home”. Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. Greed 3. Pttee 4. One 8 5. Pointless Child 6. Red 7. Half Way Home 8. One Day 9. 7 Nights The DVD will also include additional video material: an interview with Andy Ditchfield and Tony Wright and “The Journey Home” documentary. This talented band from UK has so far released only one studio…

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