The 42nd annual Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards presented by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand and held last night in Auckland, NZ awarded Tim Finn “Best Male Solo Artistâ€. Founding member of the band Split Enz and former member of Crowded House, Tim Finn has spent the past year touring worldwide in support of his critically-acclaimed solo release IMAGINARY KINGDOM (EMI/Manhattan).
BLACK TIDE burst onto the metal scene with a month-long stint opening up the main stage of Ozzfest. It’s no coincidence that at the young ages of 14 (Gabe-vocals, guitar) 18, (Zakk- bass and Alex-lead guitar) and 19 (Steven- drums), Black Tide already has an Ozzfest notch on their belt and are getting ready for their major label debut. The February release, Light From Above, is a heavy hitting, heart…
Pilgrimage is the release that has showcased the drone-driven duo in their most daring hour to date. With a successful tour of the Midwest under their belts on the album and praise seeping in from both cult and mainstream press on the album, more dates have been slated, bringing this mantra-manipulating twosome back to the East Coast, followed by several dates in Israel and Europe with more to follow.
The 2007 “Radio Rebellion” tour, featuring co-headliners JOB FOR A COWBOY and BEHEMOTH launched this Thursday, October 18. Presented by Hurley and Converse, the massive, twenty eight city North American trek will showcase the cream of the crop of heavy music’s rising stars from points across the globe and is already being called “the most ambitious heavy music tour of 2007.”
We know this because the leaves in Indiana are turning many shades of awesome, and because there’s a new Richard Youngs album in the hopper, readymade to soundtrack your late mulled cider nights. The album is called “Autumn Response” (release 11/06/07), and it is a spartan folk-“pop” record filled with tinder-box intimacies. It is a singer-songwriter album, as Youngs’ fingers slip over the steel strings with little feet and whispery…
“Open the door to your mind and take a ride with Telestrion. Let their brand of heavy cosmic rock and roll take you on a journey to the deepest reaches of inner and outer space, singing a tune, clapping your hands and stomping your feet the whole way.” – Stonerrock.com
Fresh from performing alongside The Killers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power and MSTRKRFT at The Echo Project in Atlanta this weekend, San Francisco-based party starters Scissors For Lefty will join the rollicking Juliette and the Licks as main support for an extensive national tour. The band made a stop at the CMJ Music Marathon in N.Y. for a performance at the regional showcase SF @ CMJ at the…
“Operator Please are the next big thing….if you like Beth Ditto and The Gossip you will love them. Operator Please fucking rules!” (Perez Hilton) “Imagine being stuck in a lift with a plugged-in B52’s, Bow Wow Wow, Haysi Fantazyzee and Yeah Yeah Yeahs: crashy, trashy, thrashy and gloriously good fun.” (The Sunday Times) “The. Song. Of. The. Summer. Operator Please are about to wrestle the crown of World’s Best Party…
Born on a ship during the 1984 Baseball World Series between the San Diego Padres & the Detroit Tigers. Sleeps in a Peachtone cabin in the woods of Western Maryland, between a Captain Beefheart poster, and dog named, the loan officer. Has a nasty cough, and eye sight a bit less sharp than when he was 12. Finished a collection of songs : Paranoid Cocoon. Plays those same songs on…
The release date for The Gunshy’s newest release, There’s No Love In This War, has been moved back to October 30. This album is, in my opinion, the best The Gunshy has ever put out, and certainly the most poignant. Here is a quick word from Matt Arbogast:
The new album by Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II, will be released by Reprise Records on October 23rd. Speaking from a vacation retreat with his family, Young says it’s “an album with a form based on some of my original recordings, with a large variety of songs, rather than one specific type of song.” It comes at a creative peak for the artist, following the Greendale, Prairie Wind, and Living…
Head over to http://music.aol.com/popeater to check out the world premiere of National Product’s ‘By All Means’ video. National Product, the Orange County by way of Hawaii, rock band is creating quite a stir these days. A runaway hit on HawaiiÂ’s STAR 101.9 even before the release of their debut effort, Luna on R&M Artist Records, the bandÂ’s song “Love Me” is still in heavy rotation five months after getting played…
Atlantic recording group KOOP has announced details of their upcoming North American tour. The dates celebrate the recent release of “KOOP ISLANDS.” KOOP – aka Oscar Simonsson and Magnus Zingmark – will kick off their concert schedule on November 2nd at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom, with dates continuing through a November 10th show at Los Angeles’ Barker Block (see attached itinerary). When performing, Simonsson and Zingmark magically transform KOOP…
Adult Swim, the late-night sister network of Cartoon Network which showcases animation and live action for adults, announces a 12-stop college tour beginning October 29 with two of the country’s top rock acts, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Dethklok. All shows will be free for students and ticket information can be obtained at adultswimpresents.com.
Ghost Machine’s debut album, Hypersensitive, streamed online Five Finger Death Punch frontman, Ivan Moody, recently spoke with Blistering.com, where he discussed his side-project Ghost Machine in-depth. Ghost Machine is the side-project of Moody, along with ex-Clay People guitarist, John Stevens, and former Motograter drummer, Chris “Crispy” Binns.
With their Mediaskare debut album ‘The Downfall’ in stores now, BELAY MY LAST have made five tracks from the album available for listening on their Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/belaymylast). With their stock quickly rising in the metal world, BELAY MY LAST’s unique fusion of brutal and melodic harmonies has sparked a buzz in the underground metal community that has them poised to be the next break out band. Letting the music…
We’re uber pleased to announce Seattle’s Throw Me The Statue to the Secretly Canadian family. Conceived and fronted by Scott Reitherman, TMTS has been delivering its wondrous concoction of cheapo sequenced synths, brass ensembles, fuzzed out beats and epic vocal melodies to various Seattle clubs for the past year.
After a summer of touring around the world playing festivals such as Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, as well as getting voted in for the UK’s ATP vs. the Fans, ambitious Raleigh, NC six-piece Annuals are excited to announce their new signing to Canvasback/Ace Fu, starting with a 20-date fall tour co-headlining with labelmates and friends Manchester Orchestra. This homecoming tour will be a particularly special one for both bands, as Annuals…
All treat and no trick for metal fans, The Confession, fresh from leveling cities with Megadeth, will join Avenged Sevenfold and Operator on tour this fall; the 28-city trek starts October 29 in Los Angeles at the famed Wiltern Theatre. Championed by Alternative Press as one of “100 Bands You Need To Know in 2007†the Orange County band has teamed up with their good friends in A7X to help…