Music News Digest 
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Hey there! I’m a founding member of The Wilders from Kansas City, Missouri, the “hillbilly riot” band that has gone on indefinite hiatus. I am now embarking on a solo career. Recording an album is a necessary (and exciting) part of the process. I made a solo album a few years ago, but this is a new kind of album. It’s my first funding campaign and I want to invite you to be part of the creative process, by sharing the recording experience with you.
My idea is to make an album that spreads traditional American music to broad audiences, to show connections between old and new musical forms. I am dedicated to keeping the old source music alive, and I’m also dedicated to new creations and experimentation. I’ll be sure to tell you about my inspiring and talented collaborators throughout the creation of the project.
4% of the funds raised will be donated to The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, a charity that provides instruments to children in schools where there are not funds to do so otherwise. Yes!
Thank you for your consideration. I hope we can create something wonderful.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
British hard rock legends Uriah Heep has announced that bass player, Trevor Bolder, has passed away after a lengthy fight with cancer. He was sixty two years old. Bolder was previously a member of David Bowie's band, The Spiders From Mars before joining Uriah Heep in 1976 and remaining with the group until earlier this year when his health forced h...
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RT @: What I'm Listening 2: "Alive in Japan," by pianist @ 3.
album gives off sparks.
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RT @: What I'm Listening 2: "Alive in Japan," by pianist @ 3.
album gives off sparks.
free download http://t.co/y…
Date posted: 2013-05-21
We are giving away a
FREE download of Petals of Ruin to celebrate World Goth Day! Visit
http://t.co/szywho1cUJ
Date posted: 2013-05-21
French Montana's album could be worth a free download
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I’ve made a lot of albums over a lot of years and I took a long time before making my last record, The King of In Between. Going independent was a big step, but this is even bigger — this is the first time I’ve invited friends and fans to be directly involved with the process of making a record, and I’m really looking forward to it—especially since I’m the kind of artist who leaves the stage and spends so much time talking to people after the show that the band starts hanging around and giving me dirty looks! I genuinely love connecting with my fans and am happy that many of them have become friends. Pledge is also a cool way for me to connect with fans around the world in places I haven’t yet been able to play.
So here we go! Everyone who pledges gets a digital download of the new album once it’s ready.
As soon as you pledge, you get access to the ‘pledger-only’ part of the site. You’ll get rough demos, videos from the studio, updates about the recording, gems from the archives…you’ll be fully immersed in this album as its being made. You can also choose from lots of exclusives, like a dinner at my house (Claire is a pretty good cook), a day with me in Coney Island, and lots more.
Even better, a portion of the pledges will go to the Beth Israel Medical Center “Favors for Neighbors” program, which supports elderly people in Stuyvesant Town, my NYC home.
Thanks to all my fans and supporters for pitching in and making this happen. You’ve been sustaining me for a long time but now I really can’t do it without you.
See you on the road!
Garland
Date posted: 2013-05-21
As and independent artist I would love your help in releasing my second album ‘Reservoir Drive’ in Australia and hopefully, the USA.
Reservoir Drive was recorded over an intense 3 week period in Long Beach, California with Marc Ford (former member of the Black Crowes) taking care of production duties with his long time collaborator Anthony Arvizu. Ryan Adams played guitar and sang backing vocals on the single ‘Looking for Love’. I have been lucky enough to have his support for this record and my previous album ‘Here be Dragons’.
My 5 piece band ‘The Black List’ and I love playing shows and we have a busy year ahead of us. We are very excited about what lies ahead and want to involve you all to join us through the process. Being an indie musician has it’s challenges – all coming back to how we fund what we love to do. But in saying this, the world is ever-changing and being able to become more interactive with the people that love what we do and cutting out the middle man is a darn cool thing.
It means so much to the band and I that we get to release this album and make the most of all promotional opportunities that are needed to maximise exposure for the record. The money raised will contribute to touring costs, advertising, publicity and so much more. If we raise enough we may even get the opportunity to return to the USA and tour there again! This has been a dream of mine since doing it the first time back in 2011.
The record is ready to be released, but your contribution will take everything to a whole new level! This is so crucial because even if you have a great album, without the right publicity it can get lost.
Thank you to you all for supporting me! Your efforts are truly treasured.
Want more info about the project? Pledgers will receive weekly updates with more information! Stay tuned…
Here’s what people are saying about me…
Music fans got their first taste of KRISTA POLVERE with her debut album “Here Be Dragons”. That release cemented a unique place in the music community for Krista and won her loads of fans including one Mr Ryan Adams. Ryan Adams played guitar and sang backing vocals on the new album “Reservoir Drive” which is due for release in May 2013.
The first single “Looking For Love” is a roots rock stomper that wouldn’t be out of place of any of the great Lucinda Williams albums. It breathes with the kind of urgency and sexuality that makes roots music great.
“Reservoir Drive” has plenty of depth and will certainly provide Krista with the opportunity for a long campaign that will include multiple singles and tours.
“She is going to be the next big thing, I just recorded some music with her for her new record in California,” She’s always impressed me as a songwriter. But the songs I’ve heard this time, I can honestly say I had no idea that she was capable of what I heard. “I don’t say that to undermine her – I was shocked at how intricate it was. From what I’ve heard it’s such a powerful record. It’s going to be a real game-changer.” RYAN ADAMS on KRISTA POLVERE.
Thank you kindly
Krista Polvere xx
Date posted: 2013-05-21
This is a private update for project pledgers. Pledge on
Bob Kendall.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Set 1 01 Keep Off 02 Bring it Back 03 Theosophy 04 Crawlin' Set 2 01 Subterranean Homebody 02 The Truth Will Stand 03 Dive 04 banter 05 Jammer Time 06 I Can't Stand It 07 crowd Encore: 08 Soul on Fire.
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Date posted: 2013-05-21
Five years have elapsed since the band’s previous acclaimed work which gave the band the opportunity to become more known around the world. Assuredly, as Empyrios is more of a music project and its members are part of other bands as well, that long hiatus between albums wasn’t unjustified… probably a tad too much though.
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Date posted: 2013-05-21
Retox are now streaming their forthcoming album, YPLL in its entirety a week prior to its May 28th release date. With YPLL, Retox deliver a mission statement in 12 blistering tracks, the vast majority of them clocking in at two minutes or less. Listen to the new album by heading below and clicking play on the embedded YouTube player!
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Canadian thrash monsters Fatality have revealed the track listing for their upcoming album 'Psychonaut', which is set for release on June 28th, 2013 along with an epic tour of Canada and the USA that will kick off in Oshawa, ON June 21st and wrap up in Buffalo, NY on August 28th. The first single 'Thoughts Collide' is now streaming below!
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Alert the authorities, warn the women and children, and start doing some stretches: today is the day that 'Hold Me...But Not So Tight' is unleashed upon the world. The latest sucker punch with a smile from Gaytheist has already stirred up a whirlwind of buzz and excitement from the blogs and critics of the world, including Exclaim!, who rightly notes the trio's "strong grooves and deep hooks."
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Red Fang return this fall with their as-yet-untitled third studio album on Relapse Records. The Portland-based group is currently in the studio finishing the disc with the producer Chris Funk (Decemberists) and mixer Vance Powell (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Kings of Leon). This same team worked on Red Fang's last album 'Murder the Mountains'.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
After supporting Testament in March and doing their own, highly successful UK headlining tour Bleed From Within have just been confirmed as direct support for the upcoming Megadeth tour in the UK in June.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
White Wizzard has launched a new track, "Strike The Iron," taken from their upcoming third full-length album, The Devils Cut. Due out on June 3rd in Europe via Earache Records and on June 25th in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records, The Devils Cut features artwork by Cameron Davis, who is known for his work as the lead character designer and illustrator for the Guitar Hero video game series.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
While currently wrapping up a month-long tour across Europe, Murder By Death released a new music video for their album single "Lost River" and announced an extensive Fall tour across the United States and Canada. The band is currently on the road in support of their standout Bloodshot Records debut 'Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon'.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Staggered-by-region release dates make no fucking sense. Still White Wizzard’s new album, The Devil’s Cut, will be released on June 3 in Europe and weeks later on June 25 in North America. Because, you know, the Internet, which created a global economy, isn’t a thing and everyone will wait patiently for the staggered release, I’m sure of it.
Below you can hit play on a Youtube video to hear a new track from the album, Strike With Iron, but I’d like everyone to ahere to the following staggered-by-region viewing restrictions:
-If you live in North America you may watch the video immediately.
-Those in Europe please wait 25 min.
-Readers in Central and South America: you may listen tomorrow.
-Any Asia continent readers must listen yesterday, Friday, or after sundown in Xuancheng.
-The video will be made available for any and all regions I’ve not mentioned thus far as soon as you finish reading this sentence.
Enjoy.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
US based heavy doom Sinister Realm released the following music video for the title track of their forthcoming third full-length, World of Evil.
Summing up what you’ll see here: a brilliant, beacon of hope for the heavy metal genre with not much of a budget for a video. If visuals can easily turn you off to a band, maybe press play and go work in another tab until the song's done. Then come back and let us and everybody else know what you thought.
Enjoy!
World of Evil will be released on July 21, 2013 though Shadow Kingdom Records.
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San Jose, CA's are streaming a new single titled "This Is Over." It's from Future Fire, their debut full-length due out July 9 on Adeline Records.
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Date posted: 2013-05-21
The 1975’s new five-track IV EP is available today! View the full tracklist below and click HERE to purchase the new five-track release on iTunes for just $3.45.
The band will return stateside as support for The Neighbourhood for three weeks of dates in June. They will also perform two headlining shows in California in July and will shortly be announcing a full US headline tour for October. Click HERE for all dates and ticket links.
The 1975 – IV EP:
1. The City
2. Sex
3. Chocolate
4. Me
5. You
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Date posted: 2013-05-21
In the new issue of Rolling Stone Jonah Weiner goes in-depth with the mysterious French duo Daft Punk about why they are so bound to their signature robot helmets Turns out beyond flash and pure entertainment – although they don't deny that spectacle is an important part of the intrigue...
Date posted: 2013-05-21
You can watch
Barely Blind in the studio live via
USTREAM. I've heard demos of these new songs and they are fantastic.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
You can view
The Thermals' new music video for "The Sunset" in the replies.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
You can check out
PureVolume's recent interview with Jared Leto (
Thirty Seconds To Mars)
here.
I don’t know ... but I think that the last album was about conflicts: We had a giant battle with our record company, they sued us for $30 million, we fought them for two years and subsequently made a film about it as well, called Artifact. But it was an album about conflict and survival. And this is an album that’s much more reflective. And it was made without the burden of a giant war on our shoulders, and it was actually really a lot of fun. It was exactly how it should be.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
You can watch ' new music video for "Charm" in the replies. His new album, Saltwater, will be released on May 28th via Dead Oceans.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
You can now pre-order
Deafheaven's new album,
Sunbather,
here. Each purchase comes with an immediate download of the entire album, so I highly recommend you doing this, as
Sunbather is one of the best albums you'll hear in 2013.
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(Brad Hale of
Now, Now) will release his debut album,
Love You In The Dark, on July 23rd via Trans-Records. You can stream/download the title track in the replies.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
After supporting
Testament in March and doing their own, highly successful UK headlining tour
BLEED FROM WITHIN have just been confirmed as direct support for the upcoming
Megadeth tour in the UK in June.
The band is psyched about joining the metal legends on tour: “We are VERY proud to announce that we will be supporting Megadeth on all their UK dates from June 3rd - 6th. We are truly honoured to be on stage with one of the Big Four and we cannot wait to bring more of the new songs to these big venues. Bring it on!”
BLEED FROM WITHIN supporting Megadeth- 03.06.2013 (UK) Newcastle - O2 Academy Newcastle
- 04.06.2013 (UK) Glasgow - O2 Academy Glasgow
- 05.06.2013 (UK) Manchester - Manchester Academy
- 06.06.2013 (UK) London - O2 Academy Brixton
Tickets: BLEED FROM WITHIN are touring their latest album '
Uprising' that was released via
Century Media Records in March.
Festivals / shows:- 01.06.2013 (UK) Dundee - Upload Festival
- 14.06.2013 (UK) Interlaken – Greenfield Festival
- 16.06.2013 (UK) Donington Park - Download Festival
- 27.07.2013 (UK) Redhill, Surrey - Robin Cooks Farm, Redfest
- 10.08.2013 (UK) Oxford - O2 Academy 2
- 11.08.2013 (UK) Bridgend - Throwfest
BLEED FROM WITHIN online:Century Media Records online:
Date posted: 2013-05-21
WHITE WIZZARD has launched a new track, "
Strike The Iron," taken from their upcoming third full-length album,
The Devils Cut. Due out on June 3rd in Europe via
Earache Records and on June 25th in the USA via
Century Media/Earache Records,
The Devils Cut features artwork by Cameron Davis (
http://www.cdavisart.com), who is known for his work as the lead character designer and illustrator for the Guitar Hero video game series.
WHITE WIZZARD bassist and main-man JON LEON comments about "Strike The Iron":
"'Strike the Iron' is my favorite WHITE WIZZARD song I have ever written, along with 'The Sun Also Rises', which closes the new record. I am very proud of the arrangement. I had the verse melody in my head and chorus line before I even picked up the guitar and started writing it. It has stunning leads by Jake and Will, and Joseph interpreted the vocal melody fantastically and gave so much character to it. This song really exemplifies everything this line-up is capable of and everyone's talents really came through on it. It never lets up and we are very excited to get this one out there live...I expect it to be our opening song for the next couple of years."
Listen to "Strike the Iron" here:
The previously released album track, "
Kings Of The Highway," can be heard here:
Since their inception in 2007, Los Angeles'
WHITE WIZZARD has stuck to their manifesto of delivering classic, denim-and-leather heavy metal to the masses. Following the triumphs and critical acclaim that accompanied their first two albums,
Over The Top(2010) and
Flying Tigers (2011),
WHITE WIZZARD has now returned with a brand new slab of high-speed heavy metal for this summer. The band's main-man, Jon Leon, spent months crafting the nine songs that make up
The Devils Cut before heading to the studio with a refreshed line-up of musicians to lay down the tracks. The man behind the distinctive vocal chords is Joseph Michael, ably backed up by the shredding might of Jake Dreyer and Will Wallner and the precision drumming of Giovanni Durst-- making
WHITE WIZZARD one of the most volatile forces in the US heavy metal movement!
Devils Cut track-listing
1. Forging The Steel
2. Strike The Iron
3. Kings Of The Highway
4. Lightning In My Hands
5. Steal Your Mind
6. The Devils Cut
7. Torpedo Of Truth
8. Storm Chaser
9. The Sun Also Rises
WHITE WIZZARD online:
Date posted: 2013-05-21
BoySetsFire have unveiled the lead single from While A Nation Sleeps with a new music video. Check out the treatment for "Let It Go" below and look out for their first studio album in nearly seven years dropping June 11 on Bridge Nine Records.
Watch Now
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Murder By Death have released a music video for "Lost Moon," one of the tracks from 2012's Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon. The album was funded by Kickstarter and the third most successful music campaign in the site's history. Watch it below.
Watch Now
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Audiotree have released their latest live session with Such Gold. The band pulled heavily from 2012's debut full-length for Razor & Tie, Misadventures. Check it out below.
Session Tracklisting:
1 Two Year Plan
2 Higher Places
3 Understand And Forget
4 You Are Your Greatest Threat (The Doctor Will Serve You Now)
5 Storyteller
6 Locked Out Of The Magic Theater
7 Keyhole M.O.
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Black Veil Brides have announced that Exhibit A Gallery in Los Angeles will be hosting "Revelation In Black," an art exhibition, which will feature fine art and props from the band's history. The gallery will showcase the relationship between the band and artist Richard Villa III, who has worked with them, helping craft their vision, through We Stitch These Wounds, Wretched And Divine...., and their new movie Legion Of The Black and more.
Additionally, the exhibit will freature never-before-seen artwork by BVB vocalist Andy Biersack.
The event takes place Tuesday, June 11 from 7-11 p.m. PT.
Find more information about the event in the flyer below and at ExhibitAGallery.com
Date posted: 2013-05-21
30 Seconds To Mars - Love Lust Faith + Dreams
Date posted: 2013-05-21
ANDERS OSBORNE, STANTON MOOORE, IVAN
NEVILLE AND ROB MERCURIO TO VISIT NORTHEAST THIS
JUNE
New Orleans supergroup Dragon Smoke is coming to the Northeast this June with a bit of a
twist. Guitar god Anders Osborne will play six-string in the quartet as a sub for regular
Dragon Smoke axe man Eric Lindell for the duration of the four-night stand. Osborne will
be joined by the rest of the Dragon Smoke lineup - Galactic drummer Stanton Moore,
Dumpstaphunk keyboardist Ivan Neville and Galactic bassist Rob Mercurio.
The run kicks off on June 24 at Brooklyn Bowl in New York City and continues on the 25th
at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. Then, on the 26th, the quartet heads to FTC in Fairfield, CT
before concluding the run on June 27 at Maguire's on Fire Island.
For a taste of the regular Dragon Smoke lineup, watch the quartet's version of "Jet
Airliner."
Date posted: 2013-05-21
Trevor Bolder, longtime Uriah Heep bassist and former member of David Bowie's backing band, has passed away at the age of 62. The musician sadly died today (May 21) after a battle with cancer.
