DAYBREAK EMBRACE: SUFFOCATE
October 26, 2012 by admin
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http://www.daybreakembrace.com/
TOUR DATES
Oct 26 BADA BREW w/ Viasava Crest Hill, IL
Oct 27 Cheers w/ Viasava South Bend, IN
Oct 30 The Foundry w/ Viasava Lakewood, OH
Nov 01 Uli’s Haus of Rock w/ Viasava Lansing, MI
Nov 02 Planet Rock w/ Viasava Battle Creek, MI
Nov 03 Beale Street Live w/ Viasava Indianapolis, IN
Nov 04 The Rutledge w/ Viasava Nashville, TN
Nov 07 The Legendary Dobbs w/ Viasava Philadelphia, PA
Nov 08 Rock Junction w/ Viasava Coventry, RI
Nov 09 The Room w/ Viasava Brookfield, CT
Nov 10 Gullifty’s w/ Viasava Camp Hill, PA
Nov 11 Ollie’s Point w/ Viasava Amityville, NY
Nov 12 Bogie’s w/ Viasava Albany, NY
Nov 13 Reverb w/ Viasava Reading, PA
Nov 14 The Drunk Horse Pub w/ Viasava Fayetteville, NC
Nov 15 Ground Zero w/ Viasava Spartanburg, SC
Nov 16 Wild Bill’s w/ Viasava Duluth, GA
SISTER SIN IS HERE NOW AND FOREVER
Mixed by Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Danzig, Social Distortion), SISTER SIN have released their third and most impressive album to date, Now and Forever, out today! Listen to the full album stream through AOL Music and watch their brand new music video for “End Of The Line” here. Purchase Now and Forever digitally on iTunes or physically from Amazon.
AOL Album Stream: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds#/5
“End Of The Line” Video: http://youtu.be/0KGbF8Hp_-Y
Lead guitarist Jimmy Hitula comments, “I’m super f***ing excited about the release! We’ve worked hard and waited a long time to deliver this beast of an album to the world. This is by far the hardest, heaviest and most diverse album we have ever created.” Drummer Dave Sundberg adds, “We really managed to carve out the best from our influences. Ranging from thrash metal, hardcore to the huge choruses of 80´s heavy metal and mold it into our proudest achievement to date, Now And Forever!”
Head over to Guitar World and play along with Jimmy, as he tears his way through their single, “End Of The Line.” Watch the guitar demonstration video here. SISTER SIN will be igniting audiences across North America beginning February 2nd, 2013 alongside DORO See a full listing of tour dates here and below.
SISTER SIN TOUR DATES
2/01 – Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug
2/02 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
2/03 – West Springfield, VA @ Empire
2/04 – New York, NY @ BB Kings
2/05 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
2/07 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
2/08 – Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
2/09 – Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa Villa
2/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
2/12 – Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
2/13 – Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
2/14 – St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
2/15 – Waterloo, IA @ Spicoli’s Grill and the Reverb
2/17 – Englewood, CO @ Moe’s
2/19 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
2/20 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
2/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
2/22 – West Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues
2/23 – Tempe, AZ @ Rocky Point Cantina
www.victoryrecords.com/sistersin
STONE SOUR: HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES PART 1 OUT TODAY; FIRST SINGLE “ABSOLUTE ZERO” IS TOP FIVE AT ROCK RADIO
New York, NY (October 22, 2012) - Grammy-nominated rock band Stone Sour will release part one of a two album series, House of Gold & Bones, on Roadrunner Records today, October 22, 2012. Recorded at Sound Farm Studios just outside of the band’s native Des Moines, Iowa with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Muse) at the helm, the album has met with early rave reviews worldwide.
Singer, songwriter and lyricist Corey Taylor, himself a bestselling author courtesy of last year’s Seven Deadly Sins, wrote the lyrics for the 23 tracks that make up House of Gold & Bones as a linear storyline, which follows the compelling story of a character created by Taylor. Music is just one of the mediums used to tell the story; Corey Taylor recently revealed details of the new project with Dark Horse Comics, House of Gold & Bones which follows, and expands on, the story contained within the albums. With stunning covers from Jason Shawn Alexander (Empty Zone, Batman, Abe Sapien), this limited four-issue series marks Corey Taylor’s debut in the comics genre.
Stone Sour recently announced two intimate hometown shows October 28 and 29th, both of which sold out in minutes. The band has also confirmed the first leg of a massive global tour push to support House of Gold & Bones, playing shows on five continents so far, with many more to come.
Texas In July: The Review
The album explodes with the blistering tune “Cry Wolf,” which consists of every sound they have used in the past, just more refined. Vocalist Alex Good hasn’t let up one bit on his eardrum pounding vocals, but has added a toned down raspy growl accentuated by screams and a bit of a yell on the side…still bringing the intensity and passion. The magnificent guitar work that is displayed on this album is like nothing they have ever done before. Christian Soyer and Chris Davis have busted out a melodic sound on a majority of the songs. “Crux Lust” and the single “Bed of Nails” are just brutal, technical songs, that highlight another instrumental aspect that makes TIJ one of the best metal bands on the charts: the beats laid down by drummer Adam Gray.
“Texas In July” might just be one of the best albums released this year, currently holding its own near the top with a highly notable band, As I Lay Dying. So cash your paycheck, get to the store (or iTunes) and purchase this beautiful work of art that will keep your head banging for hours.
Band: Texas In July
Album: Texas In July ‘self titled’
Label: Equal Vision Records
Written by: Logan Rendulic Edited by: Randy Hall © TheRockTribune.com
RNDM – featuring Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, Joseph Arthur and Richard Stuverud. The band will release their debut album, “Acts”, on Tuesday, October 30th via Monkeywrench Records/RED in the U.S. and Canada and Monkeywrench/One Little Indian Records in the rest of the world.
October 22, 2012 by admin
Filed under Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases
Tour Dates:
October 31: Missoula, MT – The Badlander
November 2: Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
November 3: Washington DC – Black Cat
November 4: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
November 7: Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
November 8: New York City, NY – The Bowery Ballroom
November 9: Montreal, QC – Coronoa
November 10: Ottawa, ON – Algonquin Theater
November 11: Toronto, ON – Lee’s Place
November 13: Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
November 14: Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
November 15: Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue & 7th St. Entry
November 16: Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
November 18: Boulder, CO – The Fox
November 21: Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
November 23: San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
November 25:Portland, OR – The Doug Fir Lounge
November 26: Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
November 27: Seattle, WA – The Showbox at the Market
For more information about the November 2012 tour, please visit RNDM Events on Facebook.
Band Bio (http://rndmband.com) :
The chance encounters of everyday life shape us in more ways than we can imagine. From them spring unexpected opportunities, exciting new directions, burgeoning friendships and, quite often, great music.
Such as is the case with “Acts,” the debut album from RNDM, featuring Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, songwriter Joseph Arthur and drummer Richard Stuverud. As the project’s moniker alludes to, Ament and Arthur met randomly on a June evening in 1999, when Arthur opened a show at the late, great New York club Wetlands on a bill headlined by Ament and Stuverud’s side project Three Fish. At the time, Arthur was drawing acclaim for his solo performances, which employed a looping pedal that made the artist sound as if he was being backed by a full band.
“I’d seen people mess with a looper a little bit, but I’d never seen anybody do what Joe was doing at that time,” Ament recalls. “He made it all so seamless.” Says Arthur, “I remember meeting Jeff and being nervous to talk to him. It’s always nerve-wracking to meet someone in a band that big. But on the other hand, I met a girl there that night that I ended going out with for five years.”
The pair stayed in touch via email over the ensuing years, and reconnected in 2010 after Arthur played a KEXP-sponsored lunchtime gig in Seattle. Ament extended Arthur an invitation to come to his Montana home to jam, but before they could make plans, a song emerged unexpectedly.
“As I was finishing up my last little group of solo songs, there was one called ‘When the Fire Comes’ that just wasn’t working for me vocally,” Ament says. “I kept hearing his voice instead of mine. I sent Joe an email gauging his interest, and two days later, I got the track back from him. At that point, I knew there was something there — some sort of creative connection.”
Ament and Arthur performed “When the Fire Comes” together at Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary blowout concert last summer at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin. A studio version of the song was released as a CD single to commemorate the special event, as well as on Ament’s latest solo album, “While My Heart Beats.”
Which brings us to “Acts,” and the jam session that would eventually birth it. Says Ament, “After PJ 20, Joe told me he’d never really been able to write up-tempo songs, and I said, ‘I have a slew of them. Let’s get together and make an up-tempo record.’” Thus, in April of this year, Arthur finally joined Ament and Stuverud in Montana thinking he’d just be singing over the top of instrumental tracks that had already been completed.
Instead, “I’d told Richard, but not Joe, that I just wanted to be Joe’s band for the first day or two, to see how it went,” Ament says. After some initial jamming on the first night in the studio, Arthur volunteered a song of his called “What You Can’t Control” that the trio bashed into shape within an hour, and RNDM was off and running. Later, Ament delved into his work tapes to find riffs and instrumentals that would form the basis for other new songs.
Things clicked so easily that the trio were half-jokingly discussing touring, designing t-shirts and making costumes within hours of pressing the record button. “We had six tunes after that first night and day. Everybody was just buzzed,” Ament says. “Jeff and Richard have been playing together so long and they have such a great chemistry,” Arthur adds. “To hear the songs filtered through that rock and roll style was really awesome.”
After four days with longtime Pearl Jam engineer Brett Eliason behind the boards, the group had nearly 20 finished tracks, which have been whittled down to 12 for the album “Acts.” Throughout, the songs crackle with a plug-and-play spontaneity. Pearl Jam fans will surely note Ament’s distinctive bass work on concise blasts of rock’n’roll like “Letting Go Of Will,” “Throw You To The Pack” and “Look Out,” while the trio stretches its musical muscles on blissed-out jams like “Hollow Girl” and the soulful, wah-wah guitar-tinged “Williamsburg.”
Elsewhere, the acoustic, harmonica-tinged “Cherries in the Snow” highlights Arthur’s knack for simple, effective songwriting, while the rumbling mid-tempo rocker “Darkness” and the hard-charging opener “Modern Times,” driven by a power-pop Stuverud beat, showcase how the hybrid styles of the three musicians blend together so smoothly.
“Joe’s instincts, just based on the way he plays by himself, are to layer things, especially his voice,” Ament says. “And I kept saying, ‘No, man! We’re a power trio! It’s OK if all you hear during a guitar solo is bass and drums.’ I’ve always been in bands with two guitars, so I’ve always wanted to be in a power trio where you can hear that space behind the voice.”
“All of the songs I contributed to the album existed in some recorded form, but they were stuck in the ‘backlog,’” Arthur says. “To give them a fresh treatment and produce them in a way that almost veers into underproduction was very uplifting.”
With “Acts” now ready for release, RNDM is preparing to hit the road for its first tour, while still savoring the rush of creativity that birthed the album. “It felt like those first bands you’re in, where the first few weeks you ate and slept and breathed the music that you were working on,” Ament says. “All you did was hum those songs until you got to the next practice. I was completely open to whatever was going to happen, and I know Joseph was too.”
Drop Your Track Now in the “Halo 4″ Soundtrack Remix Contest – Join the ranks of world renowned electronica producers by submitting your own remix for a chance at global recognition and epic prizes
The Halo Nation is one of the most dedicated fan bases in all of gaming. Comprised of millions of fans around the world, Microsoft and 343 Industries, in conjunction with soundtrack partner 7Hz Productions, are recognizing the passion of these fans with the “Halo 4″ Soundtrack Remix Contest.
Musicians and “Halo” gamers alike will have the ability to put their own spin on the “Halo 4″ Soundtrack working with exclusive original stems from famed composer/producer Neil Davidge, competing for a shot at global recognition.
The competition starts Oct. 3 and will run through Oct. 29, with prizes awarded to the most original and creative tracks. Fans will have access to samples of Awakening, To Galaxy, and Nemesis from the “Halo 4″ Soundtrack, allowing for a wide range of potential remix styles and musical genres. For full contest submission guidelines and rules, visit: Halo4Remix.com.
Entries will be judged by composer Neil Davidge of Massive Attack, “Halo 4″ audio director Sotaro Tojima, and electronic musicians Sander Van Doorn and CASPA based on originality, creativity, and musicality. Winners will be announced on Nov. 16.
Prizes for the “Halo 4″ Fan Remix Contest will vary per region, subject to change:
USA
Grand Prize
- Samsung Series 7 Laptop
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official Halo Soundtracks
First Prize
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official Halo Soundtracks
Second Prize
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- “Halo 4″ Official Soundtrack
Canada
Grand Prize
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official “Halo” Soundtracks
- 12+1 Month “Halo 4″ Xbox LIVE Gold Membership
First Prize
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- 12+1 Month “Halo 4″ Xbox LIVE Gold Membership
Second Prize
- Xbox 360 “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Wireless Controller
- “Halo 4″ Game
Mexico
Grand Prize
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official “Halo” Soundtracks
First Prize
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official “Halo” Soundtracks
Second Prize
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands
Grand Prize (1 per market, 6 in total)
- Samsung Series 5 Laptop
- Samsung 2.1 Wireless Audio Dock
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official “Halo” Soundtracks
Runner Up Prize (1 per market, 6 in total)
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official “Halo” Soundtracks
Australia
Grand Prize
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- “Halo 4″ Trigger Stereo Headset
- Complete Collection of Official “Halo” Soundtracks
- 12+1 Month “Halo 4″ Xbox LIVE Gold Membership
First Prize
- “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Xbox 360 320GB Console
- 12+1 Month “Halo 4″ Xbox LIVE Gold Membership
Second Prize
- Xbox 360 “Halo 4″ Limited Edition Wireless Controller
- “Halo 4″ Game
For more information, please visit www.Halo4Remix.com for an introductory video on the “Halo 4″ Fan Remix Contest
MUSE THE 2ND LAW OUT TODAY :: “MADNESS” IS THE BAND’S THIRD NUMBER ONE TRACK AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO :: MUSE TO PERFORM ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
October 2, 2012 by admin
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| LOS ANGELES, CA- October 2, 2012 – The 2nd Law, the sixth album from UK-based trio MUSE, hits stores today via Warner Bros. Records. The album’s single “Madness” is currently the Number One song at Alternative Radio, the band’s third song to reach the top position on the chart. This Saturday, October 6th 2012, the band will return to Saturday Night Live to perform two songs from The 2nd Law.
Muse is Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme. Since forming in 1994, they have released five studio albums selling upwards of 15 million albums worldwide. The group’s last album The Resistance reached Number 1 in 19 countries around the world, and they have won numerous awards around the world including a Best Rock Album Grammy Award and an American Music Award for The Resistance. In July 2012 Muse’s song “Survival” was adopted as the official song of the 2012 Olympic Games. Stay tuned for live dates to be announced in the coming weeks. |
PURCHASE THE 2ND LAW ON iTUNES | AMAZON
www.muse.mu
Killswitch Engage to Embark on Alive or Just Breathing 10th Anniversary Tour :: Tour Launches November 24 in San Bernardino :: Band to Play Alive or Just Breathing in Full
ORGY Releases New Single ‘Grime of the Century’ + U.S. Tour Plans
Multi-platinum electronic rockers ORGY recently released their first single in seven years, ‘Grime of the Century’, to highly positive radio reception across the nation. Always at the forefront of melding technology with dark pop, the new single is what Hollywood, CA’s ORGY is known for— dirty but fresh and new but never waning on the tried and true signature sound that the band has boasted during their almost twenty year career. Fans can purchase the single at www.grimeofthecentury.com and iTunes, and stream it now at Vimeo.com.
A behind the scenes video taken during the recording of ‘Grime of the Century’ is available for viewing now on YouTube. A music video for ‘Grime of the Century’ will be filmed this weekend in Los Angeles.
“We’re really excited about all of the positive reception we’ve been getting on ‘Grime of the Century’ and can’t wait to head out on the road to perform that track and other new music for the masses,” states ORGY lead vocalist Jay Gordon. “We’re filming a brand new music video for the single in Los Angeles this weekend, too. We want to give fans a visual taste of the track before we set out on the road to perform it live!”
ORGY has been spending time in the studio recording new material, including collaboration with Grammy Award-winning EDM artist Skrillex. ORGY will be touring the USA again on the second leg of the “BAD BLOOD TOUR 2012” this fall. The band is scheduled to head out on the road to promote ‘Grime of the Century’ and plans to tour through 2013. The band is looking to tour Europe in the summer of 2013.
ORGY is:
Jay Gordon – Lead Vocals
Carlton Bost – Guitars, Gadgets & Vocals
Ashburn Miller – Guitars & Gadgets
Nic Speck – Bass & Vocals
Jamie Miller – Drums & Guitar
To learn more about ORGY and their new single, please visit:
ALL TIME LOW Announce Album Pre-Order & Headlining Tour “The Rock Show At The End Of The World”
September 24, 2012 by admin
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The 4-piece pop-punk band, All Time Low, have announced their new album “Don’t Panic“ out October 9th, 2012 on Hopeless Records available for pre-order here. Tickets for the upcoming headlining tour “The Rock Show At The End of the World” are available for purchase at www.AllTimeLow.com. Additionally, the band has revealed an album trailer with a sneak peak at a few of the songs off of Don’t Panic that you can watch here: smarturl.it/DPtrailer
“With this record, a big part of the process was finding what made our band special on each of our past records,” says singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth. ”This time around, rather than taking influence from anything we were listening to at the time-or anything we want to touch on generationally-the goal was to make an album that we felt reflected the best aspects of our previous releases.”
All Time Low (consisting of Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson) albums’ first single “For Baltimore“ debuted last week on AltPress.com to high praise. The track is an intricate combination of several distinct styles-spinning-top electric riffs, hard-charging chorus breakdowns and a tasteful, acoustic-driven bridge-which you can purchase on itunes here: smarturl.it/FBitunes.”I’ve never really heard a song that Alex has written or we’ve written and not been completely stoked on it,” says Dawson. “But for some reason, these just felt more us. There was less need to force anything, less need to prove anything, less need to chase anything. It was All Time Low writing All Time Low songs.”
The ”The Rock Show At The End of the World” tour features The Summer Set, Downtown Fiction and Hit The Lights. On three select shows, The Early November will be performing instead of The Summer Set**. Tour kickoff starts Friday, October 12th inNew Jersey.
The Rock Show At The End Of The World Tour
10/12 -Sayreville,NJ@ Starland Ballroom
10/13 -Rochester,NY@WaterStreetMusic Hall
10/14 -Cincinnati,OH@ Bogart’s
10/15 -Cleveland,OH@ House Of Blues
10/16 – Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
10/17 -Detroit,MI@ St. Andrews Hall
10/21 -Milwaukee,WI@ The Rave
10/22 -Minneapolis,MN @ First Avenue
10/23 -Omaha,NE@ Slowdown
10/24 -Denver,CO@SummitMusic Hall
10/26 -Boise,ID@ Knitting Factory
10/27 -Portland,OR@ Hawthorne Theater
10/28 -Seattle,WA@ El Corazon
10/ 30 -San Francisco,CA@ The Fillmore
10/31 -West Hollywood,CA@ House Of Blues
11/1 -San Diego,CA@ House Of Blues
11/2 -Anaheim,CA@ House Of Blues
11/3 -Las Vegas,NV@ House Of Blues
11/4 -Tempe,AZ@ The Marquee
11/6 -Houston,TX@ House Of Blues
11/7 -Dallas,TX@ House Of Blues
11/9 -Jacksonville,FL@ Revolution
11/10 -Ft. Lauderdale,FL@ Revolution
11/11 -Lake Buena Vista,FL@ House Of Blues
11/13 -Atlanta,GA@The Masquerade
11/14 -Carrboro,NC@ Cat’s Cradle
11/15 -Norfolk,VA@ The Norva
11/16 -Allentown,PA@ Crocodile Rock Café
11/17 -Philadelphia,PA@ Theatre Of The Living Arts
11/18 -New York,NY@IrvingPlaza
11/20 -Hartford,CT@WebsterTheater
11/21 -Boston,MA@ Paradise Rock Club
11/23 -Baltimore,MD@ Rams Head Live
11/24 -Towson,MD@ Recher Theater
WHO: ALL TIME LOW
WHEN: OCTOBER 16th | DOORS 5 PM
WHERE: HOUSE OF BLUES | 329 NORTH DEARBORN ST | CHICAGO, IL
Be sure to keep up with All Time Low on their social networks:
https://www.facebook.com/alltimelow
http://www.twitter.com/alltimelow
http://www.youtube.com/AllTimeLowVEVO
Instagram: @AllTimeLow
