Muse Brings Colossal Sounds to Gwinnett Arena
February 28, 2010
Muse blew the roof off of the Gwinnett Arena last night. The band is well known for their larger than life music. No matter how good your stereo system is, it cannot sufficiently prepare you for the true grandeur of their music.
STAT QUO ‘SUCCESS (BACK TO U)’ MUSIC VIDEO BEHIND THE SCENES
February 27, 2010
Check out behind the scenes footage from Stat Quo’s upcoming music video ‘Success (Back to U)’, the first single off his Statlanta album, releasing May 4th on Big Dream Ventures.
The album is executive produced by Sha Money XL. The music video was shot in Atlanta last month and will debut next week.
A behind the scenes look at Stat Quo’s video for “Success” from Stat Quo on Vimeo.
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS ON VANITYFAIR.COM
February 27, 2010
Vanity Fair.com recently premiered “Forget It” and described its sound as something akin to “the soundtrack for a Tarantino film.” Stream it here:
SATELLITES & SIRENS PREPARING FOR 35-CITY “BLOOD, SWEAT, & ROCK N ROLL” TOUR
February 27, 2010
Satellites & Sirens, the latest rock addition to the Word Records family, is preparing for an extensive tour with Disciple and Decyfer Down. Launching on March 4 in Longview, Texas, the “Blood, Sweat, and Rock n Roll” tour, will hit 35 cities during the months of March and April.
The band’s self-titled, full-length release debuted in the iTunes Top 10 Christian & Gospel chart the first week of the exclusive release. Satellites & Sirens will release to all outlets Tuesday, March 2. The new single, “Anchor” was just released to CHR/Rock Radio as a follow-up to the hit single “Take Me Back.”
“OMEGA” RELEASES APRIL 23rd IN EUROPE & MAY 4TH IN USA
February 27, 2010
ASIA, rock’s first important super-group of the 80s – featuring members from Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and The Buggles – will release Omega, its highly anticipated new album of original material. The record is due in the spring of 2010 on Frontiers Records.
Geoffrey Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton, the four original Asia members, reunited in 2006, twenty-three years after all four had last played together. The much publicised reunion resulted in highly successful world tours, a double live LP and DVD (entitled Fantasia: Live In Tokyo) and an acclaimed studio album Phoenix in 2008 which debuted at number 73 in the Billboard charts in the USA and entered the top 100 in several European countries.
ASIA EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
Apr. 21 – Helsinki, Finland – House of Culture
Apr. 22 – Moscow, Russia – B1 Club
Apr. 24 – Rome, Italy – Auditorium
Apr. 26 – Prague, Czech Republic – Lidovy dum Kbely
Apr. 27 – Winterthur, Switzerland – Salzhaus
Apr. 28 – Graz, Austria – Orpheum
Apr. 30 – Paris, France – Casino De Paris
May 1 – Uden, Netherlands – de Pul
May 2 – Asschaffenburg, Germany
May 3 – Nuremburg, Germany – Hirsch
May 4 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z7
May 6 – Reichenbach, Germany – Die Halle
May 7 – Bochum, Germany – Zeche Prinz-Regent-Strasse 50-60
May 8 – Osnabruck, Germany – Rosenhof Rosenplatz 23
May 9 – Bonn, Germany – Bruckenforum
LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER: THE JARDINES
February 26, 2010
The Jardines are Cherelle and Ajaye Jardine, a mother daughter act from Richmond BC. The idea of having a new mother daughter group in the current alt country music scene is really exciting.
MERLE HAGGARD NEW CD
February 26, 2010
MERLE HAGGARD returns on April 20 with his new CD I AM WHAT I AM, his first disc for Vanguard Records, and an inspired effort from a rejuvenated legend. Co-produced by MERLE with longtime cohort Lou Bradley, the disc features 12 songs including the candid title track, with typically stellar playing from MERLE’s band the Strangers.
MERLE turns inward on his new disc, and the result isn’t some great claim to Truth, but a concession to the album title’s simple truth. If the songs here are occasionally tinged with regret, I AM WHAT I AM is no place for apologies – indeed, the tone of these tracks is celebratory as often as not, the reflection of a man profoundly comfortable in his weathered skin.
CAMP DWEEZILLA KICKS OFF IN JUNE 2010
February 26, 2010
Have you ever wanted to drastically improve your musical skills in a short period of time? Or wanted to learn to improvise like a professional? DWEEZILLA is the opportunity for you!
DWEEZILLA is a 4-day, 5-night music bootcamp designed to expand the harmonic horizons of both amateur and professional musicians alike. This musical exploration and development camp will occur in the heart of the “Forever Wild” Catskill Forest Preserve in Big Indian, New York at the Full Moon Resort from Sunday, June 20th to Friday, June 25th 2010.
Disconnected from the busy chaos of the outside world, your days at DWEEZILLA will include gourmet meals provided by Full Moon Resort with master classes from Dweezil Zappa, Joe Travers, Pete Griffin, Scheila Gonzales, Jamie Klime and Billy Hulting. Private performances, intimate jam sessions, campfires, film screenings, and of course, the study of Frank Zappa’s brilliant approach to music, his career, and legacy. Use your time at DWEEZILLA to get advice from the masters, perfect your sound, learn about life on the road, master improvisation, and much more!
GORILLAZ “STYLO” WORLDWIDE YOUTUBE PREMIERE MARCH 2
February 26, 2010
“Stylo,” the first video from the hotly anticipated third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, will premiere globally on YouTube on March 2nd, 2010. The video premiere will follow the March 1 launch of a streaming full album preview as part of NPR Music’s Exclusive First Listen series at www.NPR.org/music
Directed by Jamie Hewlett and produced by Cara Speller for Zombie Flesh Eaters, with live action by HSI Productions in Los Angeles, and animation by Passion Pictures in London, “Stylo” follows Gorillaz bass demigod Murdoc Niccals through a dangerous trip to the mainland from his new home on the Plastic Beach namesake of the new record. Something goes badly wrong and Murdoc, guitarist/Cyborg Noodle – who has replaced her (its?) flesh and blood counterpart since the original’s apparent demise in the previous Demon Days’ final video “El Manana” — and vocalist 2D end up in a high speed car chase with a local cop and an unknown assailant. Cyborg Noodle’s circuits start failing and 2D fears for their lives as the gun toting bounty hunter draws ever closer….
HOLY GRAIL CONFIRMED FOR AMON AMARTH NORTH AMERICAN SPRING TOUR
February 26, 2010
Los Angeles metal quintet Holy Grail has just been confirmed for Amon Amarth’s upcoming North American spring tour which kicks off at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, April 8th and includes a stop at the New England Metal And Hardcore Fest in Worcester, MA on Saturday, April 24th (please see below for tour dates). The upstart band is also slated to play several of the world’s largest metal festivals this summer in Europe, with confirmed slots on the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany and the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in Finland.
Click here for a new image of the band – Photo credit: Alex Solca:
