Grace/Parkinsongs Records announces the release of singer-songwriter Ana Egge’s Road To My Love on February 17, 2009, a collection of twelve new original songs reflecting Egge’s most personal work to date along with an intimate version of the beloved spiritual “Swing Low Sweet Chariot.â€
(Hed)pe have announced the dates for their upcoming European tour. The band will kick of their six-week tour on March 3rd, 2010 in Reading, UK and run through April 10th in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Hed)pe recently released their video for “Here And Nowâ€, which was directed by Dale Resteghini of Raging Nation Films (Mudvayne, Trivium), online at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=101266461. “Here And Now†is the latest single from the group’s seventh studio…
Alternative Press is pleased to announce Maryland 4-piece ALL TIME LOW as the 2008 “Band of the Yearâ€, as well as the cover boys of their February issue. The ballots for the 2008 Readers Poll were the deciding factor for the award that’s previously been bestowed upon Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Avenged Sevenfold. The new issue is out now and has the guys dishing on their recent headlining tour,…
Emerging band Never Shout Never, the brainchild of 18-year-old singer-songwriter Christofer Drew, has been chosen to headline the 2010 AP Tour, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Cleveland-based magazine Alternative Press. The line-up, which also features Joplin, The Cab, Hey Monday, Every Avenue and The Summer Set, has been handpicked by the AP staff. The tour kicks off on March 19th and criss-crosses the country through the end of…
Praising The Alan Cohen Experience for their “intellectual music,†Relix lauds the band’s latest self-titled EP as “an eclectic mix of funk, folk and psychedelic with intricate harmonies and textured acoustics,†with songs ranging from “the whimsically ambient†to “disco Afro-beat fueled.â€
Keytar-wielding synth-pop sensation LIGHTS has extended her tour with Owl City. Beginning January 21st in Kansas City, MO, the dates will continue through May 2nd in Milwaukee, WI. The artists will also be making international stops in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Twenty two year-old singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist LIGHTS crafts sparkling, otherworldly electro-pop that has already garnered her over 19 million plays on MySpace, a…
The Boxer Rebellion’s albums are completely non-disposable bodies of work – perfectly balanced in exemplary song-writing, epic performances, and wide-ranging creativity that reward the listener time and time again.” – Stephen Brolan, The Fly
Lightning Swords Of Death’s Metal Blade Records debut album will rear its head sometime during the spring of 2010. In anticipation of this album’s release, the band will be touring the western and southern US during March of 2010 with none other than Kreator, Kataklysm, Evile and Lazarus A.D.! Autarch also comments on this tour: “We are quite honored to join mighty Kreator in this campaign. We will at last…
FLOGGING MOLLY have hand-picked Los Angeles-based “dirty reggae” rockers, THE AGGROLITES, to join them on all dates on the 2009 GREEN 17 TOUR. The Aggrolites will be supporting their latest, reggae-soul release, Reggae Hit L.A (Hellcat/Epitaph).
Smile Empty Soul have announced more headlining tour dates for their run with Burn Halo (ex-Eighteen Visions) and The Last Vegas. The tour is now scheduled to run through February 6th, 2010 in Ft Wayne, IN. Smile Empty Soul frontman offered the following update from the road: “This last week has been great! We had a day off at home, which was awesome because I was able to go see…
Los Angeles metal legends Armored Saint are pleased to announce the tracklisting for the band’s recently completed album La Raza, the band’s first new album since 2001’s Nod to the Old School. La Raza was recorded at Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA, was produced by bassist Joey Vera, and engineered by Bryan Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss. La Raza tracklisting 1. Loose Cannon 2. Head On 3. Left Hook…
Pop-punk’s reigning champs, New Found Glory, come out swinging on their hotly anticipated new album, Not Without A Fight, due March 10th on Epitaph Records. Defending their title against any and all contenders, the platinum-selling group’s sixth studio album delivers a one-two knockout with fist-pumping hooks and catchy sing-along choruses. Working with producer Mark Hoppus (Motion City Soundtrack, The Matches) and mixer Neil Avron (Fall Out Boy) in their corner,…
THE END RECORDS announced today details surrounding the forthcoming debut release from Johnston Iowa’s DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS. The release, an EP entitled ‘Simon,’ is currently available for pre-order via THE OMEGA ORDER and will be available digitally and in stores everywhere on January 27th.
After spending their entire Summer on the Vans Warped Tour, The Phillips brothers – Brandon, Zach, Adam – and their best friend Keenan, otherwise known as THE ARCHITECTS are packing their bags again for another cross country trek in support of their fourth album THE HARD WAY (Skeleton Crew). This time, the boys will be touring with Flogging Molly and Frank Turner (tour dates below). Produced, mixed, and engineered by…
ROTOTYPE is proud to announce the digital release of their highly acclaimed debut album “Trinityâ€. Originally released in 2002 (2004 in Europe), “Trinity†laid the foundation for the band’s style of progressive thrash and featured such memorable tracks as “Live A Lieâ€, “Pure†and the title track “Trinityâ€. “We’re stoked to have‘Trinity’ join the digital age,†said PROTOTYPE guitarist Kragen Lum. “Many of the folks that bought‘Continuum’ on iTunes have…
“Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk glee inside the bluegrass craft–and a punk vehemence inside the bluegrass smile.â€â€“ Greil Marcus
His new album, “Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street ” will be issued to coincide with the trumpeter’s first US tour in two decades:
Among the hardest-working outfits in any genre or any region, the multifaceted moe. will in 2010 celebrate their 20th anniversary with an itinerary that would exhaust the most eager newcomer. More than just a series of shows, the events scheduled for 2010 are a reflection of moe.’s commitment to their fans, their community, and their planet. In addition to their rigorous schedule of upcoming gigs, moe. will release an anthology…
Fresh from a successful international run, Reprise Records artists The Used have announced a US headlining winter tour. The nationwide string of dates, which kick off January 27th in San Diego, CA and run through February 26th in Birmingham, AL, will support their new album, Artwork. Atreyu and Drive A will be supporting. Critical acclaim for the Matt Squire-produced Artwork is effusive. Outburn (which the band recently graced the cover…
N.A.S.A. (North America/South America), and their worldwide debut The Spirit of Apollo is set to be released on Anti- on February 17, 2009. N.A.S.A is an ongoing creative collaboration between two lifelong music aficionados, Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, and their friends, friends of friends and musical heroes. The pair will tour the US and Canada starting late next month.