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Date posted: 2013-05-22
On June 11, legendary hardcore outfit Integrity will release its 10th album, Suicide Black Snake, on vinyl via A389 and on CD via Magic Bullet. In anticipation, the band, led by the infamous Dwid Hellion (pictured above), is streaming the record in its entirety right here right now. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Dark Tranquility's Construct is one of those records where the singles are a little bit a of a misrepresentation of the record. "The Science of Noise" seems like an awesome afterthought of the We are the Void Record and "Uniformity" simply doesn't represent the records tonality. The singles are great, but the record as a ...
The post Album Review: DARK TRANQUILITY Construct appeared first on Metal Injection.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Date posted: 2013-05-22
After years in waiting, and a short prelude in the form of the band's 2012 Prog Power USA appearance, Swedish/Danish modern metal sextet Amaranthe is now very excited to announce a first U.S. headline tour - starting on July 17th in New York City at the Gramercy Theatre.
The tour hits several major U.S. cities and more dates are scheduled to be ...
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Portland, Oregon heavy rockers Ape Machine are set to kick a 13-date trek across Europe next week in support of their newest Ripple Music release, "Mangled by the Machine." The tour, which begins on Friday, May 31st in Münster and includes an appearance at the Freak Valley Festival (June 1st in Netphen) will see Ape Machine providing direct support...
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
ASCAP member Randy Newman was given the PRS for Music Special International Award at the 58th annual Ivor Novello Awards held in the UK earlier this month. Click through for a full list of ASCAP winners.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Date posted: 2013-05-22
After what seems like an eternity, we are ever so close to releasing our first new album in over 2 years! We want to make a BIG splash this time – and we need your help!
That’s why we’re teaming up with Pledge Music. Making records is fun, but it’s the live shows with our friends and fans – from Chicago to South Florida, from Baltimore to San Francisco – that we really dig. By supporting us through this campaign you will help us rebuild a bus engine, so we can bring the music to you, or to that new city or festival y’all keep telling us about. You’ll help us pay for record promotion and produce designs for new merchandise. You’ll keep our wheels turning on the road. In exchange for your generosity, we’ll step up our game and offer up some cool exclusives that we hope you value as fans of the Honey Island Swamp Band. It certainly does take a village.
Please check out the exclusives on the right side of the page. All pledgers will also gain access to a “Pledgers only” portion of the site, where you’ll find a steady supply of updates from the road – videos, live recordings, pics and VIP opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. And once we reach our goal, ten percent of funds raised will go to benefit the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. Not only will you be helping us, you’ll be keeping the music alive down here in NOLA!
Most importantly, every time you listen to a song from this record, you’ll know you made it possible. You are the Honey Island Swamp Band family, and we can’t thank you enough. Come ride along with us!
Note that pledgers will get a download of the album on April 26th as a pledger-only update but the campaign will still go beyond that date
Date posted: 2013-05-22
You wouldn’t know it on first listen, but Trevor Powers is afraid of himself. Through his outlet , Powers recently brought to stage his warm blend of lo-fi jaunty psyche- balladry to Union Transfer (5/10.) The 24 year-old Boise product, by way of San Diego is currently touring behind his sophomore release Wondrous Bughouse, the critically acclaimed follow-up to his breakout debut, The Year of Hibernation.
YOUTH LAGOON @ UNION TRANSFER – PHILLY
Playing the role of the halogen-lit fawn in the lurking intimacy of Milkboy just a few years back, Powers now arrived with a fully backed band and most notably, lighting and stage production similar to the Animal Collective MPP era. Large, cavernous teeth-like fixtures hung in solidarity. Then, Trevor was a baseball-capped neophyte, fumbling through the heartache of anxiety via toy piano and acoustic guitar, now, a fully realized representation of the monsters in his own head.
Bughouse has allowed Powers and company to stretch a sound so laden with inquiry and fear, to its natural capacity. They opened with ‘Mute,’ easily my favorite track off the new record. The vocals were intentionally muddled, the listener catching faint utterances above the layers, incantations of “found,” “Devil,” “God.” The nasally, fractured statements soar above the clutter—“I’ll never see again/ I’ll never listen.”
The set followed heavily on newer material, pitch-shifted keys primarily cloaking the pastiche. He joked about ‘a little Waltz number,’ before launching into the Venetian house of mirrors, “Attic Doctor.” The sad carnival dwindles into a hazy malaise and settles somewhere between abortion and mistrust. Clearly Powers continues to forge through his anxiety, but I wonder if this level of popularity (and venue size,) will provide the best possible psychotherapy.
The moment of the night sadly occurred when YL unleashed the Wonder Years nostalgia blanket that is “17.” Although a great song, it marked a lateral move for the band—playing a calling card so disjointed from the current material. The nodding crowd in agreement, the younger demo heeding the mantra “Don’t stop imagining, the day that you do is the day that you die.” The rest of us back by the bar, sipping cocktails and nodding because Powers was right.
As the story of Youth Lagoon continues to flourish, the live performances become bittersweet cautionary tales. The mad scientist sound may be larger, but the timidity of yesteryear has faced the cold reality of maturity. The now married Powers, under a thicket of Robert Smith-like hair, has attained some found level of security—I just want the scared, kid back.
GALLERY
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Pop star Margaret is bringing her European smash 'Thank You Very Much' to the UK. The track has become a huge viral hit due to it's cheeky and not-to-be-missed music video, which has amassed over 2.6 million views.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Actor Christopher Lee, best known for his roles in the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Star Wars' films, has recorded his second heavy metal album, 'Charlemagne: The Omens of Death.' The 90-year-old thespian has seen his music career evolve in recent years and he says his sophomore set is more of a fully formed metal creation.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
With years of success as a member of Godsmack and a burgeoning solo career, Sully Erna is being honored by Gibson with his own signature guitar. The legendary guitar makers recently revealed their Sully Erna Les Paul Studio model.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
The Composure released another cover from their 90's cover EP
Singled Out. This time they covered Fastball's "The Way" which features Jack O'Shea from
Bayside. You can view the video in the replies.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Riot Fest recently announced a stellar lineup for the Sept. 13-15 weekend in Chicago, and today they've
announced additional dates in Toronto (August 24-25) and Denver (September 21-22). Like the Chicago weekend, AP.net and the rest of AbsoluteVoices will be media sponsors for Riot Fest Toronto and Denver, and we'll be bringing you the lineups for those dates as soon as they're announced! At the moment, we are teaming up with the festival to offer a that includes two VIP tickets to all three festival weekends (including airfare and hotel accommodations) in addition to a bunch of goodies from the AbsoluteVoices sites! Check out details about everything in the replies.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Here's an exclusive video interview with Opeth bassist Martin Mendez, the longest-serving member of the group aside from Mikael Åkerfeldt. He talks about moving to Sweden from Uruguay as a teenager; how he works with the band's drummer, Martin Axenrot; how Opeth's music has changed over the years; and much more. Watch now!
Date posted: 2013-05-22
WINNER OF THE WEEK Vampire Weekend It's hard to believe an indie-rock band with such a nuanced sound has scored its second Number One album in a row – Contra sold 124000 copies during its first week in 2010 and the new Modern Vampires of the City trumps that with...
Date posted: 2013-05-22
The National played three shows in small New York clubs yesterday celebrating the release of their sixth album Trouble Will Find Me in unique style The first venue announced on Twitter was a tiny bar (and flower shop) in Ditmas Brooklyn called Sycamore ("Care to to join us for a liquid...
Date posted: 2013-05-22
DREAM Records Band,
Warr Acres Look To Help The Victims And Their Families Of The Recent Tornado Disaster.
Los Angeles, CA (May, 2013) Without a doubt we are all in shock on the devastation that happened to Oklahoma but as the shock starts sit in there are many people helping. Oklahoma band, Warr Acres is no different. …
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Alternative Press reaches the milestone of 300 issues with our July edition, and a few of the artists who have graced our cover over the past 28 years were kind enough to take a moment to say "congrats!"
See what they had to say in the video below. Thank you, Gerard Way, Max Bemis, Chris #2, Adam Lazzara, Spencer Chamberlain, Andy Biersack, Frank Turner, Cobra Starship and Jonny Craig!
AP #300, featuring our first ever My Chemical Romance cover story from 2004 reimagined by former frontman Gerard Way with exclusive artwork and a short story is available to preorder now. The issue, in our new "book-a-zine" format, also features stories on the Maine and Man Overboard as well as a special photo feature with Of Mice & Men.
PRE-ORDER NOW . Note that the cover modified by Gerard (pictured right, below) is only available to subscribers and to those who order online!
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
DMC of the legendary RUN-DMC and Wayne Static will be shooting a video for a new track entitled "Noise Revolution" in the coming weeks.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Scale the Summit are one of my favorite instrumental acts, simply because they’re able to consistently deliver a near perfect blend of melody and technical prowess that just excites me. I’ve always referred to Scale the Summit as “adventure music,” making a brilliant soundtrack for road trips or idle game playing; let me tell you, playing Minecraft with Scale the Summit is a pretty blissful experience. The band’s new album The Migration looks to really up the ante with the whole whimsical soundtrack sort of thing so far, especially in the band’s new track ‘Atlas Novus.’
‘Atlas Novus’ may very well be my favorite StS song ever so far, simply because it changes things up in some ways for the band. There’s some new tones being explored by the band, and the writing is just fantastic throughout. The pairing of Scale the Summit with producer Jaime King is apparently a glorious one! Stream the track below:
The Migration will be available on June 11th via Prosthetic Records. Pre-orders here!
- JR
Date posted: 2013-05-22
When I volunteered to write this little piece I underestimated the difficulty I would have in doing so. It's never easy when a musician you look up to passes away. We mourn for the great loss to the music community, and ultimately we mourn for the loss of a part of ourselves – the music in our lives. When Elvis died, thousands of people lined the streets outside Graceland. They were grieving for the symbolic death of their extended childhoods as much as for the death of the multimillionaire who was a complete stranger to them.
But that's just it – we don't see these musicians as strangers. We listen to them on our stereos, mp3 players, watch their videos on YouTube, see them in concert, and sometimes are lucky enough to get to shake their hands after a show (or in my case give them a peck on the cheek). We think of musicians as being a part of our lives, as some sort of extended family. In the last few years, with the popularity of social networking, we are even privy to the most intimate of details from those that choose to share their lives with us: to their thoughts right after getting offstage, to what they're having for dinner.
Is that why I'm so upset that bassist Trevor Bolder passed away? I only met the man once, I was hammered and may have babbled like an idiot (which he dealt with in a very gentlemanly fashion). From what I remember of that encounter, he handed me a pick (even though he was from the old school of finger pickers) and PROMISED he would be back in NY very soon. “I won't miss you,” he said, as we stood outside the club on a crowded New York city street, “I'll be back with Heep next year and I'll see you then,” As I type this, I'm trawling through songs on Spotify from Trevor's varied career, and what are some of my favorite “bass moments”. Please bear in mind I am not a bass player, I just play one on Facebook.
With David Bowie:
Queen Bitch (From Hunky Dory)
The song starts off with a breathy count off by Bowie, then an acoustic guitar before going into the first verse with Trevor's thunderous Gibson EB-3 laying the foundation down, counteracting the vocal melody. The song escalates as Mick Ronson's metallic guitar comes blasting through, but Trevor's holding it down, steady, with a few sweet runs thrown in but never losing the groove with drummer Woody Woodmansey.
Moonage Daydream (From the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)
The song starts off with a thunderous riff from Ronson, then the chorus is a bit more mellow but still there's that fat, unmistakable sound of Trevor's melodic bass. You kind of get the impression he was told what to play, but every once in awhile pulled out a tasty little run as if saying “screw you, I’m showing off my chops” And I don't mean the famous muttonchops he was known for at the time!
Panic in Detroit (From Aladdin Sane)
I've tried to keep it to just 3 Bowie songs, but it wasn't easy. I had to include this song. I was obsessed with it years ago when they used to play it at a now defunct bar in NYC called the “Continental” in between bands. There's so much going on in this song, the multilayered vocals, the different types of percussion, but all I hear is Trevor's driving bass
With Uriah Heep
Sympathy (From Firefly).
Picking only 3 Heep songs is proving to be a lot more difficult than 3 Bowie songs, as I much more enjoy this type of music. Firefly was the first album Trevor recorded with Heep. It was also the band's first with singer John Lawton. There was a deliberate shift in sound, to me the band is more aggressive. On this track, keyboardist Ken Hensley plays dueling lead guitars with Mick Box. But even with the beautiful Thin Lizzy like harmonies, there's Trevor, who by now switched to a Fender P-bass. There's a lot of “galloping” in this song, and Steve Harris would be lying if he didn't say Trevor was an influence on his playing – even down to the model of bass
Free and Easy (From Innocent Victim)
To this day, when the band play this song live, Mick Box introduces it as “ranked as one of the greatest heavy metal songs” . This song is up here for personal reasons. At shows the band invites females to come up onstage and “head-bang”. When I saw them in NY I was unwillingly dragged onstage by a few girls I had just met. I hid behind Trevor for the entire song, and when it was over, seeing my red faced mortification, he quietly thanked me for coming up onstage. I never forgot that.
Nail on the Head (From Into the Wild)
I had to include something from the most recent album, and sadly Trevor's last with the band. This track has been maligned by Heep purists, but it's my favorite on the album. It's a straight froward AC/DC style 4/4 song but with the trademark Heep harmony vocals and omnipresent keyboards. Trevor’s bass really kicks in at the first chorus and DOMINATES for the rest of the track. His playing during the verses is sparse but you know he's there driving the whole track. During the bridges and guitar solo he lets loose.
Well there it is. I'm sure people more qualified than I would have a different, more thorough list. I left out the tracks he did with Wishbone Ash, the Cybernauts and the Spiders from Mars because I'm not familiar with them. I don't know technical terms for what notes he played, what chords he used, I barely know bass guitar makes and models. But that's my imperfect little tribute to the late Trevor Bolder, the pride of Hull, Northern England.
--Rys
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Mayhem: black metal trailblazers After years of painstaking research – and knuckle-breaking transcription – long-term Hammer scribe Dayal Patterson’s definitive, 600-page history of the black metal scene, Black Metal: Evolution Of The Cult is complete, and it’s available for pre-order via Amazon at a reduced price for the earlycomers! Featuring a humongous number of interviews [...]
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Cali garage rock outfit, The Growlers have announced dates for an autumn UK tour supporting third studio album 'Hung At Heart'.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
AMON AMARTH has revealed a trailer for their forthcoming mini documentary. Entitled Forging Mjölnir, the short film will appear as a three-part series with each official segment slated to premiere via the band’s microsite at http://deceiver.amonamarth.com. The Forging Mjölnir documentary comes in anticipation of AMON AMARTH’s ninth studio offering, Deceiver of the Gods. Recorded at [...]
Date posted: 2013-05-22
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Even though James Hetfield was recently quoted as saying Metallica hadn't started writing for their next album, fans shouldn't worry about creativity being a problem. Hetfield says in a new interview with Billboard that the band has enough material to start an album right now, but the biggest issue is finding time in their schedule to focus on it.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
This is a private update for project pledgers. Pledge on
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Lies:
• Liars are not a band that did not release an album called WIXIW on Mute last year.
• Tiny Mix Tapes did not review the album that Liars did not release last year.
• They are also not a band that is going on a European tour this summer.
• I am not very handsome.
Damned Lies:
• Liars did not see you from a lifeboat as confirmed by the streaming video below.
• Under no circumstances will you be able to download two un-released non-album tracks by Liars by visiting this link and entering your email address. Entering your email at that link will also not enter you into a drawing to receive a piece of free artwork from the members of Liars.
• When I go to the grocery store to buy like, I don’t know, a tomato or something, I am not immediately surrounded by women and men alike who throw themselves at my feet begging to go to dinner with me and “see if there’s a spark.”
Statistics:
• 71% of you are no longer reading this post. Hahaha, suckers, you probably think this section is going to contain a whole bunch of cockamamie nonsense. Well the joke’s on you (them), as the 29% of you who are still reading will soon be able to attest.
• 88% of Americans believe that one human in three is actually a giant space lizard wearing a human suit.
• There are approximately 78.2 million owned dogs in the United States.
• Four out of five dentists agree that my teeth are “astonishing.” The fifth dentist was my ex-wife, so her opinion is totally biased.
Dates:
05.23.13 - Reims, France - La Cartonerrie
05.24.13 - Dudingen, Switzerland - Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival
05.25.13 - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
05.27.13 - Rome, Italy - Circolo Artisti
05.28.13 - Verona, Italy - Interzona
05.29.13 - Torino, Italy - Musica 90 Molodiciotto
05.30.13 - Marseille, France - Cabaret Aleatoire
06.01.13 - Porto, Portugal - Optimus Primavera
06.05.13 - Nantes, France - Sterelux
06.06.13 - Paris, France - Trabendo
06.09.13 - Manchester, UK - Parklife Festival
0613.13 - Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival
06.15.13 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Barby
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Atlantic
Flo Rida has released his new single 'Tell Me When You Ready.' The song features rapper Future and is the lead single from Flo Rida's upcoming fifth studio album.
Flo Rida is no stranger to hit singles and his latest song will likely get fans pumped for his new record. His latest jam is a radio-friendly upbeat track that should be a good summer club-hit. Following a softer start, the song takes on club-banger status with its pulsating, hip-hop beats. Flo Rida's trademark fast vocals work well here on the cheery beat, as he drops plenty of party rhymes. He raps, "In the club all I see is sparklers like birthday candles, ten models on a regular night." Rapper Future brings his southern rap vocals to the song, changing the hit's pace in the chorus and proudly shouting "Turn up!"
The forthcoming album is expected to be released later in 2013 and is a follow up to Flo Rida's highly successful 'Wild Ones.' Listen to 'Tell Me When You Ready' right now on AOL Radio's
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
The acoustic folk duo performs sweet and authentic songs from its debut album, Love We Are We Love, recorded live in West Virginia. The Sea, The Sea is set to release its debut album, recorded with producer and go-to bassist Todd Sickafoose.
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
A bonus track from the Japanese version of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories has emerged online and is available for listen at NO BPM LIMIT Daft Punk All Hail Our Robot Overlords The track "Horizon" is an instrumental that is the most meditative track on the disco-charged new album which came out...
Date posted: 2013-05-22
So a few weeks ago I wrote an article about Chino Moreno saying Deftones' Eros would be out now that Chi has passed on, but not when. Now he's understandably saying it might be a while. According to an interview The PRP found, Chino spoke to Musicfeeds and stated: “We’re actually not entertaining anything. I ...
The post Chino Says DEFTONES Lost Record Eros Not Coming Out Anytime Soon appeared first on Metal Injection.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Jamie Cullum surprised commuters yesterday morning with an impromptu gig in the middle of rush hour at St Pancras Station. He played five songs from his new album 'Momentum' and was joined by 13 members of The National Youth Jazz Orchestra who provided a superb brass band backing to 'When I Get Famous' and 'Get Your Way'.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
Melodic death metal outfit The Black Dahlia Murder have released a video of them performing their track ‘Moonlight Equilibrium’, ahead of the release of their new album ‘Everblack’.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
We recently premiered the new music video for "Embryo's Orgasm" from Vaginal Penetration Of An Amelus With A Musty Carrot, and if you can't get enough insane gore grind in your day, now you can read all about the video's creation.
The band got in touch with Metalunderground.com to explain what's happening in the clip, and to share all things VxP...
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
Swedish psychedelic/progressive doomsters New Keepers Of The Water Towers have released their third full-length album "The Cosmic Child" in North America via Listenable Records. The band had this to say regarding the recording:
"It is our most ambitious work yet. 47 minutes filled with dark but majestic melodies, psychedelic passages and a doomy...
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Date posted: 2013-05-22
The froggy goregrinders with the greatest band name ever are at it again - Vaginal Penetration Of An Amelus With A Musty Carrot has finally released a music video! It should go without saying that this is filed under the "amazingly NSFW" column.
Check out the clip "Embryo's Orgasm" below. The band also comments on the video's story:
"The main...
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Matthew Good will
release Arrows of Desire on September 24th through FrostByte Media/Universal Music Canada. A new song called "Had It Coming" will be available this coming Tuesday on iTunes. He'll also be playing some shows in July and you can see the dates in the replies.
Track Listing
1) Arrows of Desire
2) Via Dolorosa
3) Had It Coming
4) We're Long Gone
5) So Close
6) Garden of Knives
7) Mutineering
8) Hey Hell Heaven
9) Guns of Carolina
10) Letters in Wartime
Date posted: 2013-05-22
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Sparkling, driving yet restrained, Natasha Kmeto's "Idiot Proof" merges house music, intergalactic R&B and a minimalist sonic palate. Kmeto brings a distinct sass to the track – almost like a contemporary Lisa Lisa that's taking advantage of the Internet while being super pissed at it.
Date posted: 2013-05-22
On "Casino Lisboa," Dirty Beaches makes one of the dirtiest combinations of funk, post-punk and lo-fi muck imaginable. It feels like a nightmare set in a hellish club where everyone is dressed in leather and drinking brown fog. It's also oddly danceable – try to resist.
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