Friday, May 13. 2011
| Indianapolis, Indiana prog-metal band The Contortionist have just added brand new tour dates with Veil of Maya to their summer touring schedule. The short run will take the guys through Illinois and Indiana on four dates in June. Later the band is scheduled to confirm several new tour dates, including stops on the rumored Slaughter Survivors Tour with Conducting From The Grave.
Touring to support last summers debut full-length, Exoplanet, their infectious progressive sounds have brought comparisons to bands such as such as Meshuggah, The Acacia Strain, and Between the Buried and Me.
TOUR DATES W/ VEIL OF MAYA
6/23 Peoria, IL @ Brass Rail
6/24 Evansville, IN @ Boney June’s
6/25 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
6/26 Fort Wayne, IN @ Broadripple |
Thursday, May 12. 2011
| HARD Summer Tour Dates
8/3 - SEATTLE, WA - Showbox
8/4 - PORTLAND, OR - Roseland
8/5 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Fox Theater
8/6 - LOS ANGELES, CA - Hard Fest
8/9 - DALLAS, TX - Granada
8/10 - AUSTIN, TX - Stubb's
8/12 - CHICAGO, IL – Congress Theater
8/13 - TORONTO, ON - World Electronic Music Festival
8/14 - MONTREAL, PQ - Metropolis
8/16 - BOSTON, MA - House of Blues
8/17 - BALTIMORE, MD - Bourbon Street
8/18 - WASHINGTON, DC - Fur Nightclub
8/19 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - Electric Factory
8/20 - NEW YORK, NY - Terminal 5 | Stopping in fourteen markets across North America including the World Electronic Music Festival in Toronto and the world famous Stubb's BarBQ in Austin, this years HARD tour is headlined by German dance punk duo Digitalism, who have just released their first album in 4 years. Also joining the bill for the touring festival will be Caspa, Destructo, Jack Beats, and Gesaffelstein.
This year’s HARD Summer Tour is the second installment of the traveling festival, which brings together some of the biggest names in electronic music.
For more information visit hardfest.com. |
Wednesday, May 11. 2011
| Southern California based EVE 6 is set to enter the studio this June with legendary producer Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, The All-American Rejects). The band will be recording their long-awaited fourth studio album on their new label Fearless Records. Gilmore's previous work includes production on Linkin Park's 10 x platinum-seling album Hybrid Theory and 5 x platinum-selling release Meteora. Gilmore also produced EVE 6's platinum-selling self-titled debut album.
"Starting in the first couple weeks of June, we'll be descending into the dungeon (AKA studio) to record album #4 with Don Gilmore, our producer on the first two album," notes the band. "Don is a svengali/genius type of guy, and is a great match for our style and sensibility in the studio. We have a special bond with him, and are excited to get in the trenches..." notes the band.
Eve 6 reformed in early 2008, and spent much of the following two years on the road reconnecting with their fan base. Signed to Fearless Records early May 2011, they are excited to work on new material. "This will be a great home for us," notes the band. "They're super pumped about this record and the new songs and are just as anxious to get it recorded and released as we are."
Read more on the bands website. |
Canadian metal band Cancer Bats have announced a May tour of Canada along with several scheduled international appearances coming up within the approaching months.
Touring to support their third studio album Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones the 2-time JUNO Award nominees plan to finish up the writing process for their next album this summer. For more info on their tour check out cancerbats.com | 5/10 Moncton, NB, CN @ Manhattan
5/11 Charlottetown, PEI, CN @ Hunters Ale House
5/12 Moncton, NC, CN @ Manhattan
5/13 Halifax, NS, CN @ Paragon
5/14 Halifax, NS, CN @ Pavilion
5/15 Fredericton, NB, CN @ Nicky Zee's
5/16 Trois Rivières, QC, CN @ Le Dartagnan
5/17 Ottawa, ON, CN @ Ritual
5/18 Kingston, ON, CN @ Time To Laugh
5/19 Toronto, ON, CN @ Mod Club
5/20 London, ON, CN @ Rumrunners
5/21 Sudbury, ON, CN @ Jubilee Hall
5/24 Regina, SK, CN @ Distrikt
5/25 Edmonton, AB, CN @ Starlite
5/26 Calgary, AB, CN @ Gateway
5/27 Kelowna, BC, CN @ Flashbacks
5/28 Vancouver, BC, CN @ Rickshaw
5/29 Victoria, BC, CN @ Sugar
5/31 Yorkton, SK, CN @ The Legion
6/18 Montebello, Quebec, CN @ ROCKFEST
6/26 St. Catharines, CN @ SCENE FEST
6/30 Utrecht, Ekko Netherlands
7/2 Nr Leipzig, With Full Force @ Tent Stage Germany
7/4 Vienna, Austria @ B72
7/5 Prague, Czech Republic @ Rock for People
7/6 Kosice, Slovakia @ Collosseum
7/8 Kvinesdal, Norway @ Rock Festival
7/9 Shepton, Mallet, UK @ NASS Festival - Support Millencolin
7/10 Knebworth, UK @ Sonisphere |
| WARBEAST on tour:
05/09/11 - MONTREAL, QUEBEC - FOUFOUNES ELECTRIQUES
05/10/11 - BALTIMORE, MD - BOURBON STREET BALLROOM
05/11/11 - NEW YORK, NY - HIGHLINE BALLROOM
05/12/11 - BOSTON, MA - CHURCH OF BOSTON
05/13/11 - SPRINGFIELD, VA - JAXX
05/14/11 - RALEIGH, NC - DIVEBAR RALEIGH
05/15/11 - NASHVILLE, TN - THE RUTLEDGE
05/16/11 - FORT WORTH, TX - THE RAIL CLUB
05/17/11 - SAN ANTONIO, TX - BACKSTAGE LIVE
05/18/11 - HOUSTON, TX - NUMBERS
05/19/11 - EL PASO, TX - HOUSE OF ROCK
05/20/11 - SANTA ANA, CA - GALAXY THEATRE
05/21/11 - YUCAIPA, CA - ANGELS ROADHOUSE
05/22/11 - WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - KEY CLUB
05/23/11 - TBA
05/24/11 - TBA
05/25/11 - AMARILLO, TX – EBGBS
05/26/11 - ODESSA, TX - DOS AMIGOS
05/27/11 - SPRINGFIELD, MO - THE UGLY MUG
05/28/11 - LITTLE ROCK, AR - DOWNTOWN MUSIC HALL
05/29/11 - TBA | WARBEAST, with Bruce Corbitt the voice of speed metal kings Rigor Mortis along with former members of Gammacide and Demonseed, are currently trekking across the U.S. on a full U.S. tour with Destruction and Heathen. The Texas band has been on the road for a couple weeks now, and will finish up the tour on May 29th at a soon to be announced location. The Texas band released their last album Krush the Enemy, on April 27th, 2010.
For more information on WARBEAST, please visit http://www.myspace.com/texasmetalalliance. |
Tuesday, May 10. 2011
| The third annual B.O.M.B. Fest has announced it's full line up and two-day schedule for the Memorial Day Weekend event Saturday May 28th and Sunday May 29th at the Comcast Theatre in Hartford, CT. With a killer lineup of acts from across the country, including Weezer, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Coheed And Cambria, Neon Trees, State Radio, George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, The New Pornographers, Against Me!, HEALTH, Wavves and more, this years festival has a solid lineup sure to draw fans.
A non-profit event all proceeds from this year’s festival will got towards providing music scholarships, music enrichment and education programs, music and healing initiatives and community support and outreach. Last year's festival raised money for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, Connecticut Children's Hospital, YPI Camp, and The Lyman Allyn Museum.
For the full lineup and for ticket information, check out the festival website at http://www.bombfest.com |
| If you can't make it to the sold out gig by Seattle based six piece Fleet Foxes at the legendary Stubb's BarBQ in Austin tonight don't worry - NPR has you covered.
If you log on to NPR Music at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET tonight you can check out a live webcast of the full concert by Fleet Foxes. The performance from Stubb's BarBQ in Austin, Texas, will be available in both audio and video. On tour ito support of its new album, Helplessness Blues released May 3rd, you can also hear the entire album online as part of NPR Music's First Listen series. For more information on where to tune in to catch the show
check out NPR's web site at http://www.npr.org/2011/05/09/136144278/live-tuesday-fleet-foxes-in-concert.
Streaming of live music events is becoming a very popular trend, not only here in tech savvy Austin, but around the world, and it won't be long before every major venue will be built like the new ACL Live studio venue, both as a studio and a live music venue. Until then we can continue to expect to see the large truck based portable production and broadcast facilities parked outside the venues with increasing frequency.
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Friday, May 6. 2011
San Francisco based Thee Oh Sees have announced a European tour starting today in Madrid Spain at the Moby Dick Club. The instrumental, experimental vehicle for John Dwyer now consists of a quartet including keyboardist/singer Brigid Dawson, guitarist Petey Dammit, and drummer Mike Shoun, and will soon bring on a fifth member, multi-instrumentalist/singer Lars Finberg. Look for a U.S. tour announcement to follow.
5/6 - Moby Dick Club - Madrid, Spain
5/10 - Le Clacson - Oullins, France
5/11 - La Vapeur - Dijon, France
5/12 - Rockstore - Montpellier, France
5/13 - Lefuzz'yon - La Roche-sur-Yon, France
5/14 - Mains D'Oeuvres - Saint Oeun, France
5/21 - Le Romandie - Lausanne, Switzerland
5/24 - West Germany - Berlin, Germany
5/25 - Merleyn - Nijmegen, Netherlands
5/26 - Tufnell Park Dome - London, UK
5/27 - Hydrant - Brighton, UK
5/28 - The Deaf Institute - Manchester, UK &
5/29 - The Cluny - Newcastle, UK
5/30 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, UK
5/31 - Charlatan - Ghent, Belgium
6/1 - Chabada - Angers, France
6/5 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium #
6/6 - Paradiso Kleine Zaal - Amsterdam, Netherlands
6/25 - Sled Island Festival - Calgary, AB
6/26 - Sled Island Festival - Calgary, AB
For more information check out their web page at theeohsees.com |
Thursday, May 5. 2011
After a successful appearance at this years SXSW Oklahoma-based Colourmusic have announced a July tour with Morning Teleportation, Royal Bangs and Oh No Oh My opening on July 12 in Atlanta at the 529. The psychedelic quartet has been garnishing rave reviews in the UK from NME and comparisons with fellow Oklahomans The Flamning Lips abound. Check ou the tour dates below
Upcoming Tour Dates
7/12 - 529 - Atlanta, GA ^
7/13 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL ^
7/14 - One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans, LA ^
7/15 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA ^
7/16 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX ^
7/17 - The Korova - San Antonio, TX ^
7/18 - Jake's - Lubbock, TX ^ &
7/22 - UMS (Underground Music) - Denver, CO
7/24 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE
7/26 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN
7/27 - Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
7/28 - The Mill - Iowa City, IA
7/29 - Subterranean - Chicago, IL
7/30 - Off Broadway - St. Louis, MO
^ w/ Royal Bangs
& w/ Oh No Oh My
* w/ Morning Teleportation
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Wednesday, May 4. 2011
| Chicago's Joan of Arc begin their US tour with Brooklyn, NY's Air Waves today in Lawrence, KS at Jackpot Saloon. The tour will snake its way down the West Coast, hitting cities such as Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and others before wrapping up in Fayetteville, AR at JR's Lightblub Club on 5/21. This West Coast leg of shows will be the first time since 2008 that Joan of Arc will be playing these select cities.
Joan of Arc are touring in support of their upcoming album, Life Like, which will be released on May 10th in multiple formats.
| Joan of Arc / Air Waves Tour Dates
5/04 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Saloon
5/05 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
5/06 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
5/07 - Bozeman, MT @ Zebra Cocktail Lounge
5/09 - Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project
5/10 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
5/12 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
5/13 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
5/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
5/16 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
5/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
5/19 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
5/20 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
5/21 - Fayetteville, AR @ JR's Lighbulb Club |
Dallas Texas based Memphis May Fire are set to headline the very first Rise Records tour which kicks off May 7 in St. Louis, MO. With their Rise Records debut "The Hollow" as the #1 album on this week’s Billboard Heatseekers chart the band is hoping to take some of that buzz out on tour.
Rise Records Tour Dates featuring
Memphis May Fire, Decoder, Ten After Two and That’s Outrageous!
Saturday, May 07 St.Louis, MO FUBAR
Sunday, May 08 Cookeville, TN Amps & Ramps
Monday, May 09 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
Wednesday, May 11 Macon, GA The 567
Thursday, May 12 Pensacola, FL Grunge Bar
Friday, May 13 Tampa, FL Brass Mug
Saturday, May 14 Sarasota, FL The Nightlife
Sunday, May 15 Jacksonville, FL The Pit
Monday, May 16 Orlando, FL Backbooth
Tuesday, May 17 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
Wednesday, May 18 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southland
Thursday, May 19 Virginia Beach, VA Hangar 09
Friday, May 20 Linthicum, MD LHUMC
Saturday, May 21 Philadelphia, PA Barbary
Sunday, May 22 South Hackensack, NJ School of Rock
Monday, May 23 New York, NY Studio at Webster Hall
Tuesday, May 24 Poughkeepsie, NY The Loft
Thursday, May 26 Buffalo, NY Club Diablo
Friday, May 27 Altoona, PA The Archway Center
Saturday, May 28 Columbus, OH Basement
Sunday, May 29 Joliet, IL Mojoes
Tuesday, May 31 Minneapolis, MN Station 4
Wednesday, June 01 Bookings, SD Touchdown Jesus
Thursday, June 02 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
Friday, June 03 Greeley, CO The Atlas Thearer
Saturday, June 04 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon
Sunday, June 05 Boise, ID Venue
Monday, June 06 Spokane, WA The Club
Tuesday, June 07 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
Wednesday June 08, Portland, OR Branx
Friday, June 10 Orangevale, CA Boardwalk
Saturday, June 11 Los Gatos, CA The Venue
Sunday, June 12 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
Tuesday, June 14 Phoenix, AZ Nile
Thursday, June 16 Ft. Worth The Aardvark
Friday, June 17 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
Saturday, June 18 McAllen, TX VFW
Sunday, June 19 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
For more information check out their facebook page at facebook.com/MemphisMayFire |
Tuesday, May 3. 2011
| Indie rock band Freelance Whales from Queens, New York recently reached out to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund http://www.sweetrelief.org to offer support in their ongoing fundraising campaign for the Japan Disaster Relief initiative. Their collaborative efforts resulted in a new Freelance Whales Benefit For Japan EP. 100% of the funds raised from the EP will be donated to the Japan Society Earthquake Relief Fund. The Benefit For Japan EP will be available for purchase starting Tuesday May 3rd, on the official Freelance Whales website freelancewhales.com.
Spring Tour 2011
5/04 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY (co-headlining with Foals)
5/05 - Theatre of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA*
5/06 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC (co-headlining with Foals)
5/07 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD*
5/08 - The Met - Pawtucket, RI* |
| Canadian quartet Braids have spent the last few months wowing audiences across America with their live show, including tastemakers at this year’s SXSW and now UK audiences are in for an equally memorable experience when Braids tour Britain for the first time this May.
The band is also gearing up for a long run of shows this Summer at 7 Canadian Fesitivals, starting off the summer with the Flemish Eye showcase at Great Hall with Chad VanGaalen and Jennifer Castle the band crosses the country hitting Sled Island in Calgary, the Ottawa Bluesfest, Hillside in Guelph, Osheaga in Montreal and the Regina Folk Festival.
For more info check out the bands page at myspace.com/braidsmusic
| 2nd May - Montreal, QC - Metropolis w/ Of Montreal
3rd May - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre w/ Of Montreal
12th May – London – Heaven w/The Antlers
13th May – Manchester – Club Academy w/The Antlers
14th May – Brighton – Great Escape
16th May – Berlin – Levee
17th May – Hamburg – Indra
18th May – Brussels – AB Clun w/Friendly Fires
19th May – Paris - Fleche D'or
20th May – Amsterdam – London Calling
21st May – Liverpool – Sound City
22nd May – Glasgow – Captains Rest
23rd May – Leeds – Cockpit
24th May – London – Lexington
26th May – Cambridge – Haymakers
27th May – Oxford – Jericho
28th May – Bristol – Dot to Dot Festival
29th May – Nottingham - Dot to Dot Festival
30th May – Manchester - Dot to Dot Festival
17th - 18th June - Toronto - NXNE
22nd - 24th June : Calgary - Sled Island Music Festival
16th June : Ottawa - Ottawa Bluesfest
22nd July : Calgary - Calgary Folk Music Festival
24th July - Guelph - Hillside Festival
30th July - Montreal - Osheaga Festival
5th August - Regina - Regina Folk Festival |
| 2011 Atari Teenage Riot Tourdates
Presented by Dim Mak
9/4 Seattle, WA, Bumbershoot Festival
9/9 Los Angeles, CA, The Keyclub
9/13 Fort Lauderdale, FL, Culture Room
9/15 Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade
9/17 Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
9/24 Pittsburgh, PA, Rex Theater
9/27 Detroit, MI, The Majestic Theatre
9/28 Chicago, IL, Reggies Rock Club |
German/American cyberpunks Atari Teenage Riot, known worldwide for their high octane full spectrum live shows, have booked a return trip to the states for this fall.
Touring to support their 4th album Is This Hyperreal?, out digitally June 7th on LA Electro-stomp label Dim Mak, Atari Teenage Riots tour across America starts in September.
For more info check out www.atari-teenage-riot.com |
Monday, May 2. 2011
| Thrash metal band Indestructible Noise Command is scheduled to film their new music video for the single ‘Swallowed’ this weekend. The video is being shot by director Russell Hasenauer in Brooklyn, NY on a building rooftop. ‘Swallowed’ describes the idea of fame often leading to addiction, and this will be depicted in the video through actors and the band themselves.
In it’s first week, the bands new EP Bleed the Line debuted at #4 Most Added on the CMJ Loud Rock charts. The EP entered the charts at #12 and is currently on the cusp of the top 10 at #11. The EP is currently spinning at many college and commercial radio stations nationwide. Bleed the Line EP is available now in digital format at iTunes and Amazon.com now.
With two successful full-length Giant Records releases, Razorback (1987) and The Visitor (1988) and live performances with the likes of Exodus, Megadeth and King Diamond, in 1988 with The Visitor, the band hit #1 on the CMJ Metal charts and stole the U.K. #2 Import slot out from underneath Aerosmith. Now based in New York City, the band is back with their Bleed the Line EP and Heaven Sent, Hellbound. Indestructible Noise Command is an original pioneer of the thrash metal scene, that bills itself as "resurrected in order to take back a genre recently flooded with neo-thrash carbon copies".
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