Music News
Wednesday, May 22nd Sunbather, the forthcoming album by San Francisco black metal act Deafheaven, is now available for pre-order and digital purchase on Deathwish Inc.'s e-store. An immediate download of the entire album in high-quality MP3 format is included with all purchases of physical formats.
Deafheaven on the Deathwish Inc. e-store:
http://deathwishinc.com/estore/category/DEAFHEAVEN.html
Upcoming U.S. tour dates in support of Sunbather are listed below, as seen on the band's tumblr.
BORIS & DEAFHEAVEN
May 22 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop w/ Boris - SOLD OUT
May 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex w/ Boris & Marriages
May 24, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex w/ Boris & Ides of Gemini
DEAFHEAVEN & MARRIAGES
Jun 19, 2013 - Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
Jun 21, 2013 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Jun 22, 2013 - Austin, TX @ Red 7
Jun 23, 2013 - Houston, TX @ Mango’s
Jun 25, 2013 - Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub ... more
Tuesday, May 21st
Bolder joined David Bowie’s backing band in 1971, alongside guitarist Mick Ronson – with whom he’d played in The Rats – and drummer Woody Woodmansey. He appeared on the albums Hunky Dory, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups.
He replaced John Wetton in Heep in 1976 and made his recording debut with them on 1977′s Firefly. He also played on Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel and Conquest, before joining Wishbone Ash. In 1983 he returned to Mick Box’s outfit and played on Equator two years later. He’d appeared on every album since, including their most recent outing, 2011′s Into The Wild.
Earlier this year he announced what was hoped to be a temporary absence as a result of surgery. He later told Classic Rock: “I had pancreas cancer so I had to have that removed. Not the entire pancreas; but still, it was bad news. They’ve cut out the bad bit. I’ve had a bit of chemo, got to have that, which ... more
Electronic producer Baths is streaming his sophomore release, Obsidian, via Pitchfork Advance. Listen to it here:
http://pitchfork.com/advance/114-obsidian/
The album will be released on May 28th, through Anticon.
Sludge metal act Black Sheep Wall are now streaming their new 3-song EP, It Begins Again, on
Youtube. It features vocals from both the band's current frontman, Trae Malone, and their former
vocalist, Jeff Ventimiglia, and will serve as a precursor to their forthcoming 3rd full-length - due to
begin recording on June 29th.
Tracklist:
1. Ancient Fvck
2. Provider
3. Evangelic Exorcism
Stream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Rh1KiUfSQh4
Falling In Reverse have released the title track off of their upcoming album, Fashionably Late. The album is due out June 18.
You can view the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KPoaKxm4wDg
San Francisco-based metal band Deafheaven have released the title track from their upcoming sophomore LP for streaming at the link below. Sunbather will be available via Deathwish on June 11th.
www.thefader.com/2013/05/21/stream-deafheaven-sunbather/
A new Meads of Asphodel Song entitled 'Children of the Sunwheel Banner" is available for listening on youtube. The dynamically rich two part song is featured on their latest record Sonderkommando
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQxCMNu-fKg
The members of blink-182 have announced that they will be having a charity auction and merchandise sale in the next few days for those affected by the storms that have been tearing apart Oklahoma. 100% of the money they receive from the sales will go to the people who have lost their homes and property. More information will released soon.
To read the original announcement, follow the link below:
www.facebook.com/blink182/posts/10151488716653271
Over the weekend, Phil Buerstatte, drummer for Last Crack and formerly White Zombie, was discovered dead in Madison Wisconsin. A statement released by fellow Last Crack bandmember, Paul Schulter was posted to the band's page and stated that:
"We are sorry to have to announce that Last Crack drummer and our musical brother Phil Buerstatte has passed away today. He will be greatly missed by his many friends, family and fellow band members. Pull out your Last Crack albums, crank them up loud and remember what a great drummer he was! It is the end of an era for us and sad to say the original lineup will never be able to play together again. Our last show with Phil from 2009 is posted on YouTube in its entirety. The remaining members of the band are discussing doing a tribute show in Phil's honor in the coming months. We'll post details here soon."
The band also released the link to Buerstatte's youtube channel, which contains rare footage of the ban ... more
Toby Driver, frontman of Kayo Dot, released a 13 minute teaser trailer from his latest project, Hubardo. The trailer is unmastered, but should be more than enough to induce a little anticipation.
Hubardo is a 95 minute conceptual double album and will be released in Autumn 2013 to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of Kayo Dot's debut album Choirs of the Eye.
https://soundcloud.com/tobydriver/kayo-dot-hubardo-teaser#play
You can now listen to 90 second clips of every song from Alice in Chains' new album The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.
The record will be released on May 24th in Europe and May 28th worldwide.
Listen to the album preview here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-devil-put-dinosaurs-here/id622941441
Welsh alt. rock band Kids in Glass Houses have released the first single from their upcoming (but yet untitled) 4th album, which is due for release this Autumn.
The single, entitled 'Drive', can be streamed here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0DRcgiEHi0
Filter have premiered another song off their upcoming record, The Sun Comes Out Tonight. According to front man Richard Patrick, 'Self-Inflicted' tells the story from a mass shooter's point of view.
He also added: “I wanted to try and understand the mass shooter, so I created a character, wrote the lyrics and performed it from the perspective of the shooter … based on the psychology I read that said there was a pattern,” he explains. “For example, an event like Columbine, [looking at it as if] the shooters were the victims and that somehow we or society made them do it — that somehow they were the victims. That this was self-inflicted.”
Listen to 'Self-Inflicted' here - http://loudwire.com/filter-self-inflicted-exclusive-song-premiere/?trackback=fbshare
Psychedelic hip hop outfit, and Odd Future associates The Jet Age Of Tomorrow, have finally locked in details regarding their long-talked about Jellyfish Mentality
The duo, made up of The Internet's Matt Martians and Hal 'Pyramid Vritra' Williams, first mentioned the project in November of last year; and, as can be expected, the 21 track album will feature a slew of guest appearances from the ragtag ensemble (Earl Sweatshirt, Hodgy Beats, Mike G, Domo Genesis, Vince Staples, and Casey Veggies). Mac Miller and SBTRKT have also booked in studio time with the group, with Kilo Kish and The Step-Up Kids also set to appear.
The album, free as always, is set to drop on Friday.
Tracklist:
1. Mushy
2. Special K (Wombats)
3. Warping Walls
4. Desert N’ The Dark (JAOT Dub) [Featuring The Stepkids]
5. ON!
6. Juney Jones (Featuring Mac Miller & Speak)
7. Panic On Pluto (interlude) [Featuring SBTRKT]more
As the follow-up to the critically adored Crooks & Lovers, Mount Kimbie have endured more than their fair share of speculation regarding the long-gestating Cold Spring Fault Less Youth. A slew of singles have fallen under the radar and the silence surrounding the album has only added to the mystery of the long-awaited release.
Fortunately, NPR have managed to secure a full stream of the album a week out from its release date, via their 'First Listen' platform.
Head on over here to hear it: http://www.npr.org/2013/05/19/184809601/first-listen-mount-kimbie-cold-spring-fault-less-youth
Cold Spring Fault Less Youth is out on May 27 via Warp Records.
Plastic Visions have debuted their debut self titled EP on Consequence of Sound. The EP will be released May 21st. The band features Cage the Elephant's guitarist Brad Shultz with his cousin Kane Stewart.
Check out the EP below:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/05/stream-plastic-visions-debut-self-titled-ep/
Strange Vacation (ex-The Boys of Summer) have release a new song called "On And On" for their sophomore album Thunderstorms which is coming out tomorrow May 21st. The song is exclusively on Absolutepunk.
Click on the link below and find the link for the song:
http://www.underthegunreview.net/2013/05/20/stream-strange-vacation-on-and-on/
Joel Zimmerman, aka Deadmau5, has released a preview of a new song titled "Suite 03" via his Soundcloud.
Zimmerman has made a point of expressing that this is a return to form, stating via Twitter "drop not included”.
[http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2013/05/deadmau5-previews-suite-03-another-peak-into-his-classic-production-style/
https://twitter.com/deadmau5
Detroit emcee Danny Brown releases ''just for fun'' song "#expressyourself". While not having any relation to upcoming album, "Old," it does raise more anticipation(if possible) for it. The song can be found here at Soundcloud,
www.soundcloud.com/xdannyxbrownx/trampy-featuring-danny-brown
Sleeping With Sirens have released yet another single off of their upcoming album "Feel", due out June 4th. The new track is titled "Alone" and features rapping from hip-hop artist Machine Gun Kelly. Sound familiar? The track can be streamed by clicking the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zfQfMcG7G4
Monday, May 20th
Ray Manzarek, one of the most talented keyboardists in the history of rock music, passed away today in Rosenheim, Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer at the age of 74.
In reflection of this tragic loss, fellow bandmate and guitarist Robby Krieger said he was "deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate." Later adding that he was thankful for having been able play alongside Manzarek for the last decade during The Doors' reunion tours. The mourning musician then ended by saying, "Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
You can read more about Ray Manzarek and his death in this article: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ray-manzarek-doors-keyboardist-dead-at-74-20130520
Rock music certainly lost one of its most celebrated musicians today, but his memory and the legend of The Doors will always continue to live on through the music.
"Where Dreams Go to Die",the second track off of the new, eponymous Queensryche album can be streamed below. "Queensryche", as the Todd La Torre-fronted version of the band has decided to name the album, is set for a 6.25.2013 release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9KOvIdk8gc&feature=player_embedded
Metalcore band We Came As Romans have announced their new album 'Tracing Back Roots' along with the tracklist. The album is due out July 23 and will for the first time have clean vocals from Dave Stephens.
Source:
http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/we_came_as_romans_to_release_new_album_tracing_bac k_roots_july_23
On May 20th, 2003 Silverstein released their first album When Broken Is Easily Fixed. Now 10 years later, in celebration of the albums anniversary the band has released a re-recording of the lead track 'Smashed Into Pieces'.
The track can be downloaded for free on their website.
http://www.silversteinmusic.com/smashed/
The Dennis Lyxzen fronted post-punk band INVSN (formerly known as Invasionen and before that The Lost Patrol Band) have released a new song from their upcoming 2013 album, on their new label Razor & Tie. The name change comes with the signing in order to appeal to a more global audience, and features a slightly changed lineup from the Invasionen days (taken from the official Facebook page):
Dennis Lyxzen - Vocals and Guitar. (Refused, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Lost Patrol Band, AC4, The Bloody Beetroots Church of Noise and more).
Sara Almgren - Bass and Vocals. (The Doughnuts, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Vicious, Masshysteri)
Anders Stenberg - Guitar and Keyboards. (Deportees, Lykke Li, The Lost Patrol band)
Andre Sandström - Drums and Percussion. (Ds-13, The Vicious, The Lost Patrol Band, Ux Vileheads and more)
Richard Österman - Guitar and Keyboards. (the token new guy)
The new song, "Down In the Shadows&quo ... more
Shavo Odadjian, bassist of System of a Down, has released (multiple) statements via his
official Facebook pages relating to the delay in the work of their next studio album. In
his
statement, he claims that frontman Serj Tankian, who has been working on his solo project
of
late, is the reason for the delay in work on the new record. He also claims that he and
the
other 2 members of the quartet, Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan have been wanting to move
forward with the project, but Tankian is holding them back.
In the second of two statements, Odadjian made it clear that he is willing to move the
project forward with, or without, Tankian's aid and would be willing to replace him based
upon the reactions of fans. As of the present point in time, no statement has been
released
via the other band members' respective pages.
The first statement can be viewed here: more
Irish metal group One Minute Silence have released a new song from their PledgeMusic funded new EP, Fragmented Armageddon, due out June 17 on iTunes.
The song, 'Fruit From The Lie', is the first new material from the band since their 2003 album One Lie Fits All.
Stream the new song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IDdbw5Dwizw
Australian five-piece Karnivool have released a new song, entitled 'The Refusal', which is
taken from their upcoming third studio album, due out later in 2013.
The song can be streamed and downloaded for free from ABC's Triple J website, at
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s3762814.htm
A high-quality version can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjacfhkt25c
Sunday, May 19th
US post-hardcore/screamo bands Statuette and Love American will be releasing the digital version of their split EP on June 26 with a vinyl release due out later in the summer. The split features two songs from Austin, Texas' Statuette and three songs from Los Angeles, California's Love American. Physical copies will be available on colored 7”.
Tracklist:
Side A -
1. Love American – Only The Penitent Man Will Pass
2. Love American – In The Morning It Was Morning And I Was Still Alive
3. Love American – It's Dangerous To Go Alone
Side B -
1. Statuette – Caught In The Grey
2. Statuette – Heavy Lungs
Album artwork:
http://i.imgur.com/UjEn0Rn.jpg?1?3234
Featuring members from Rotting Christ, Necromantia and Mortify, Hellenes blacksters Thou Art Lord are streaming their new album The Regal Pulse of Lucifer from the bandcamp location of Nuclear War Now! Productions:
http://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-regal-pulse-of-lucifer
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