February 2012
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The Magic Loungeabout Festival announce their...
Skiptons weekend festival also announce their acts so far include Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Lucy Rose, Cashier No 9, Juan Zelada, Jenny O
The Magic Loungeabout returns for its third year with an inspiring programme of music and arts. A family-friendly festival for the more discerning out there, it offers the perfect mix of avante pop, fringe cabaret, inspiring...
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The Camden Crawl 2012 announces its first wave of...
The Camden Crawl 2012 announces its first wave of evening acts for its May bank Holiday Weekend’s celebrations.
A whole host of the best musical talent around including the likes of Toy, D/R/U/G/S, Rolo Tomassi, Pariah, Roska, Baxter Dury, Charlie XCX, Chew Lips, Cymbals, Keep Shelly In Athens, Kwes, Polarbear and many more will be hitting Camden over the 4th-6th May to be part of the...
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Lounge on the Farm Festival [First acts...
After 6 successful years, boutique festival Lounge on the Farm will be returning to Canterbury in Kent once again. Armed with its winning combination of unique location on a real, working farm, delicious locally sourced food and family friendly atmosphere, Lounge on the Farm – which has previously won ‘Best Line Up’ at the UK Festival Awards – is set to once again present a diverse and reputable...
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First wave of Acts announced for Dot To Dot...
Dot To Dot, the UKs only tri-city traveling festival returns for 2012 announcing its first salvo of must-see artists. Renowned in its seven year history for offering guaranteed crowd-pleasing bands alongside the first live glimpses of some of today’s biggest acts, which have included double Brits winner Ed Sheeran, The xx, Florence & The Machine, The Naked and Famous, Friendly Fires, Laura...
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HORNET ROCKS THE FOX!
Thursday 23rd February. The Intrepid Fox.
SED Records Live Music Showcase, Night #3. Western Sand, Damn Dice & Hornet.
Once again the hungry masses returned to the glorious Intrepid Fox for SED Records showcase on the last Thursday of the month which I can only believe has become one of the best live nights for hard rock fans in the UK. The usual anticipation was brewing as good as the beer,...
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Pathetic Island Fallacy - PseudoNympho
Yorkshire based rockers PseudoNympho are back with their new single, released on Bunnysnot Records, ‘Pathetic Island Fallacy’
Like a lot of bands at the moment they are marketing their live set and the video to this song does just that with them playing live throughout the video. The song is a classic PN type track which gives you that Axl-esque, balls out, early GnR feel that you...
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Down The Machine start their Tour next week
Leeds based, hotly tipped 4-piece, Down the Machine are out on the road next week taking in venues around Yorkshire and surrounding counties.
The band have had great success with their previous album ‘Losing Faith’ and are currently mid way through writing their follow up rumoured to be called ‘Pariah’ set for release hopefully this summer. The band have also had superb...
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Journey drummer Deen Castronovo ordered to do...
Journey drummer, Deen Castronovo has been ordered to complete 80 hours of community service and anger management for a domestic violence dispute. The 46-year-old’s neighbour called 911 after overseeing a dispute in West Salem with a woman. He was arrested Jan. 20 and charged with recklessly endangering another person. The Statesman Journal reported the woman told police that Castronovo had...
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LIMP BIZKIT signs to Cash Money Records
LIMP BIZKIT has released their a new record deal with Cash Money Records, the American hip hop label founded in 1991 by the brothers Bryan “Baby” Williams (a.k.a. Birdman) and Ronald “Slim” Williams.
Cash Money Records have signed the likes of Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes, Drake and Nicki Minaj. What do you think this mainstream label will do to the sound of Limp Bizkit?...
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Noise Republic state that 'Now Is Our Time'.
Once upon a time, well, in 2007 to be precise, in the sleepy town of Nottingham, vocalist Ben Perdue began working on a solo project, writing and recording some music. Later joined by drummer Aiden Hunnisett, the pair wrote and recorded music on and off, whenever they could find the time until eventually, in 2009, Now Is Our Time was finished under their new band name of Noise Republic. Surviving...
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Drummer Thomas Noonan quits 36 Crazyfists
Thomas Noonan has revealed that he is leaving 36 Crazyfists to concentrate on a career in pencil art. In an online statement Noonan announced that he had lost his passion for heavy music and for the drums after 22 years of dedicating himself to drumming. As much as we will miss him dearly, we can’t blame him for wanting to try out something new.
In an online post he stated, ”I just...
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Take One car 'new album' review
Take One Car – It’s Going To Be a Nice Day
Take One Car are a progressive American four piece group who resemble the likes of bands such as ‘Circa Survive’ and even ‘Brand New’. It is clear at a first listen of this album in its entirety that they are a band who offer individuality, creativity and an essence of ‘strange’ within their music. This isn’t for everyone but with an album like ‘It’s...
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Black Veil Brides [Interview]
Black Veil Brides are a band that seem to polarise the Rock World at times, recently confirmed for Download Festival here in the UK we caught up with Bassist Ashley to chat about how things are going right now and how long it does actually take them to get ready for a show……
RI: So Ashley, how are you and how is your 2012 so far? AP: We’re great! We’ve picked up where we...
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Stone Roses, Kasabian and Snow Patrol to headline...
Headliners have been in much debate recently with the stream of announcements since Christmas but this years T in the Park has announced some great acts in Stone Roses, Kasabian and Snow Patrol.
Adding to this great list are Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Mastadon, Pulled Apart By Horses, Enter Shikari, Happy Mondays, Twin Atlantic and the great Band of Skulls
Are you looking forward...
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Black Veil Brides - [Interview]
Black Veil Brides are a band that seem to polarise the Rock World at times, recently confirmed for Download Festival here in the UK we caught up with Bassist Ashley to chat about how things are going right now and how long it does actually take them to get ready for a show……
RI: So Ashley, how are you and how is your 2012 so far? AP: We’re great! We’ve picked up where we...
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ATTACK ATTACK! - HEADLINE UK Tour March 2012...
Columbus, OH’s Attack Attack! released their third album This Means War on Rise Records last month and the band celebrated going straight into the US Billboard charts at number 11. Other chart positions include # 2 Hard Music, # 4 Rock and # 7 Digital sales.
Having sold over 200,000 records of their previous records in the US alone and toured non-stop, including a spot as a main stage...
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Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour [Review]
The Southampton trio are back with their new album, Sweet Sour. This is the band’s latest release following their Friends EP back in 2010, and so Sweet Sour has been greatly anticipated. Was it worth the wait?
A simple yet powerful drum beat from Matt Howard kicks the album off, helped along by Emma Richardson’s weighty bass line. The twin vocals from Emma and Russell Marsden in this title track...
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EVERY TIME I DIE RELEASE NEW VIDEO +
New Album...
Magnificently brutal rockers Every Time I Die are unleashing an intensely moody and ambitious cinematic accompaniment to their powerful song “Revival Mode.” The track is from the band’s highly anticipated new album Ex Lives set for release this March 5th via Epitaph Records.
Here is the video for “Revival Mode,”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEp-Owhqbr0[/youtube]
The group’s singer,...
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The Skints announce UK headline tour + New Album
London-based reggae & dub upstarts The Skints will embark on a long-awaited headline tour of the UK in October this year. All dates will be on sale from this Friday. Josh from the band has the following to say about The Skints’ excitement at announcing the run
“We’re extremely pleased and proud to announce that we’ll be headlining our own tour this October in support of our...
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Enter Shikari team up with Fairshare Music to help...
In a post by the ES boys they’re giving away a great prize for helping Action Aid
Thanks to our friends at ActionAid we have an incredible competition for you all.
Not only have you got the chance to WIN x2 tickets to see Enter Shikari at a venue of your choice on their upcoming UK tour, but you could also get the to meet the band!
To enter, simply buy ‘A Flash Flood of...
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Green Day confirm they're back in the studio
Billie and the guys have started their work on their ninth album which is set to move away to a more simple and straightforward concept than the last two albums.
More to follow but for now here’s the Youtube update video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-eODEc2HZA[/youtube]
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The Maccabees New tour dates announced
Tour coming up in March to support the release of their new album that came out in January 4-Mar-12 Belfast Spring & Airbrake
9-Mar-12 Brighton Brighton Dome
13-Mar-12 Bristol Academy
19-Mar-12 Cambridge Corn Exchange
17-Mar-12 Cardiff University Great Hall
5-Mar-12 Edinburgh Edinburgh Picture House
10-Mar-12 Leeds O2 Academy
12-Mar-12 Liverpool Academy
7-Mar-12 Middlesborough Town...
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Sonisphere announce initial lineup [UK]
The summer just got a lot fuller and a lot more entertaining as this years Sonisphere headliners are announced. In a similar style to Download Festival the lineup is released in stages and the first wave of bands shows some clear old school and new school mix.
Headliners on the Friday are KISS with special guests to be announced as well as Within Temptation and Wolfmother also announced.
As you...
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Take The Seven - Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious...
Working hard is something which comes naturally to the guys in Take The Seven, having spent the last year crafting their sound, getting out there and making a name for themselves, and releasing their debut mini-album ‘Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious’. Driven by a passion for performing music which draws influence from a wide range of genres, the hard work has paid off and landed the band...
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Malokai - The Heart Beats EP
Punk-pop is one of those genres which all too often gets overlooked by people, snubbing it simply because they heard some New Found Glory inspired band whining about losing someone they love or falling out with a friend, but 4 piece Malokai seem intent on changing this opinion, and seem to be doing it well!
Having just released their ‘The Heart Beats’ EP, the band have embarked on a rigorous...
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Glasnost from Illuminatus
It’s not often you come across a band who can already boast about having supported the likes of Ministry, or worked with Harvey Birrell (Therapy?, Ministry), Pete ‘Pee-Wee’ Coleman (AC/DC, Paradise Lost) and Adam Sinclair (Therapy?), but 4 piece alternative/metal band Illuminatus are doing exactly this, having supported Ministry on the last leg of their UK tour. Mashing together their combined...
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More bands added to Download Festival and day...
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHINEDOWN, BLACK VEIL BRIDES, NOFX, OPETH,
NIGHTWISH CONFIRMED
The Download Festival is cranking it up to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, and have today announced that DAY TICKETS will be available to purchase from 9AM Friday 17 February from www.downloadfestival.co.uk & Priced at £75 (plusbooking fee).
With a spectacular line up including headliners The Prodigy...
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Slam dunk lineup announcement.
Today saw the announcement of the first set of bands that will be featured on the upcoming Slam Dunk festival this may, taking place at Leeds University on the 26th and at Hertfordshire University on the 27th. And it’s fair to say it looks very exciting already.
Big name bands such as Architects, the King Blues and Taking Back Sunday are set to grace the venues with their presence, though the...
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5 Cheers for the Foo Fighters!
There is a massive congratulations in order for the Foo Fighters as they leave triumphant from the 54th Grammys Awards held this past Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band whom were nominated for 6 gongs overall which included ‘Album Of The Year’ for their 7th studio effort ‘Wasting Light’, which was released back in April 2011 was their only loss of the night, losing out to...
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Free Valentines Day track from Talk To Angels
Talk To Angels are giving away a FREE Valentines Day download of ‘She’ to their fans! ‘She’ is taken from the band’s forthcoming album, due out in May.
The download will be available here: http://bit.ly/wNRHUF Now.
Dont forget also Talk to Angels new single ‘Hickory Dickory’ is out now on iTunes (UK & Worldwide) & Amazon (USA & Canada) through Warp Speed Carousel Recordings. You can...
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FEAR FACTORY Announces Matt DeVries as their new...
Byron Stroud is being replaced as FEAR FACTORY has recruited Matt DeVries as their new bass player – and I bet you it didn’t take much convincing! DeVries, previously the guitarist of CHIMAIRA (where he played guitar) and most recently SIX FEET UNDER joins the band that has been stopping and restarting since 1989. DeVries states: “I have been asked by Dino and Burton to join one of my...
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MESHUGGAH release lyrics video for new track...
Experimental metallers MESHUGGAH have decided to treat us again by releasing a lyric video for their brand new track, “Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion”
The song title is an extract from a quote by philosopher, physician, organist and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer:
“Revenge⦠is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill,...
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SLAYER have bought out their own 'Candy Jar' for...
If you are having trouble finding that special present for your lover for Valentines Day, then thrash metal legends Slayer may be at your assistance.
Slayer have released a special “candy jar” via their official webstore and it would be a great buy if you don’t really like typical commercial confectionery. This jar is a good example of “good things come in small...
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Dave Grohl has released a teaser trailer for his...
A teaser trailer has been released for Dave Grohl’s upcoming documentary about Sound City Studios where Nirvana recorded its renowned album, “Nevermind”.
Before Sound City Studios in California closed its doors as a recording studio in May 2011, it was used by loads of legendary musicians such as, Fleetwood Mac, Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, Neil Young, Tom...
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Alestorm, Claim the Throne + Darkest Era @...
Fans dressed as pirates begun to dominate the line outside of Corporation, with an affordable price of just over 10 dubloons a ticket, it isn’t a surprise that the Useless Drunken Bastards tour has sell out shows.
Darkest Era had the difficult job of opening the night, as the venue slowly crammed. The Useless Drunken Bastards tour grasps the milestone of being their first full tour and having a...
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The Barnum Meserve - Broken Window
Theatrical piano ballads and Nottingham arenât normally two things you hear in the same sentence, but The Barnum Meserve are doing just that. Before you run for the hills for fear of being subjected to a Coldplay style 3 minutes worth of moaning about being hard done by or African animals, give it a chance as you might just find something here which you like.
Consisting of Leon, Dylan and Paul,...
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'Vox of God' app which allows you to growl like...
Lamb of God have just released “Vox Of God”, a voice-modulating iOS app. Download now to hear a vocal simulation of LAMB OF GOD lead vocalist Randy Blythe’s signiture growls to a voice you record with the app. Along with playback facilities, the application measures your death howl with a growl level indicator which you are able to share with others as it features a social...
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Deftones Bassist show’s signs of hope
After a terrible car accident in late 2008, Deftones bassist Chi Cheng was seriously injured and left in a coma. But after 4 long years, he has yesterday shown some progression which is proving to be very promising. He still remains semi-conscious but has started to respond to certain commands and can now move his legs when asked to which is surely something his family would be happy to hear....
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Former Hollywood Undead frontman signs with new...
Debut solo album to be released globally on April 23rd, 2012
California based lyricist, producer, singer/rapper Deuce has announced plans to release his intensely anticipated debut solo album “Nine Lives” via Five Seven Music on April 23rd 2012 worldwide. Experiencing huge success as the frontman for Hollywood Undead, and creatively fueling the band’s fire that lead to millions of views on...
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Rock Industry's Unsigned Act of The Month - Verses
Verses have recently been hailed one of Rock Sounds ‘bands who will rule 2012’ and named one of the UKs top 10 best unsigned bands by Kerrang Magazine. Since their formation in January 2010 Verses have toured relentlessly with the likes of Puddle Of Mudd , Brigade, Attack! Attack! , The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and even bagged themselves a slot at last years Download Festival. They have released...
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New Music Club opens in Bradford, Yorkshire [UK]
One of our big musts in the world are decent music venues to keep alive great new and unsigned music. We want to encourage everyone to make great musical art and join our revolution. Their opening night is Saturday 25th February 2012 and everyone should check them out!
It’s at Utopia (old Lingards) on Westgate and they have four excellent bands playing - three local and one made up from...
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[One to Watch] Moonlight Bride - EP 'Twin Lakes'
Moonlight Bride is a noise-pop outfit born in the industrial outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The band consists of four members: Justin Giles, Matt Livingston, Justin Grasham, and Dave Maki. After relentless writing, reinvention, and [touring] the band has developed a cult following as well as many critical accolades.
The band began crafting their sound in the summer of 2007, spawning two...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE premier new track “Scourge Of...
CANNIBAL CORPSE premiere “Scourge of Iron,” the third track off forthcoming slab of brutality, Torture, slated for UK release through Metal Blade Records on March 12, 2012.
Comments bassist Alex Webster of the new tune:
“Scourge of Iron’ helps to show the song writing diversity on Torture. [First album single] ‘Demented Aggression’ is blazing fast and frantic,...
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Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth [Review]
Van Halen, Rock And Roll Hall of Famer’s and one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time, released their new album, A Different Kind Of Truth on February 6. A Different Kind Of Truth is Van Halen’s first original studio album with singer David Lee Roth since the band’s classic multi-platinum album 1984.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, Van Halen changed the rock...
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Jesse Leach Rejoins Killswitch Engage
A new image that’s appeared on their webpage over at http://www.killswitchengage.com/ confirms the news that Jesse Leach has indeed rejoined KSE!
We know some of you speculated this - but what are your thoughts? Let us know!
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Tenacious D 'rize' again
Tenacious D have announced the release of their new album ‘Rize of the Fenix’, six years post their second album ‘The Pick of Destiny’ in 2006 and self-titled album in 2001.
The infamous dynamic duo, Jack Black and Kyle Gass dabble with their ‘picks of destiny’ once again, continuing with their metal-inspired comedic music. The ‘Rize of the Fenix’...
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14 MORE BANDS ADDED TO DOWNLOAD 2012
INCLUDING SLASH FEAT MYLES KENNEDY, MEGADETH, RISE AGAINST, STEEL PANTHER AND MANY MORE
In its biggest ever year Download Festival announces a further 14 bands for the line-up. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy, Megadeth, Rise Against and Steel Panther plus many more join headliners The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath for one hell of a weekend of rock at the legendary Donington site on 8-10 June...
January 2012
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Cage The Elephant - Live At The Vic DVD Review
Without a doubt, Cage The Elephant is one of those bands that you MUST see live in order to truly appreciate them. But you can get a taste of their signature, high octane antics in their new DVD, Cage The Elephant - Live at The Vic in Chicago. Shot in the middle of their huge North American tour promoting “Thank You, Happy Birthday”, lead singer Matt Shultz and the boys bring the...
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ANTERIOR to split up after final London show in...
ANTERIOR have announced they will split up after one final farewell show in London on March 2, 2012.
The Welsh outfit released two albums on Metal Blade Records ‘This Age Of Silence’ in 2007 and last year’s ‘Echoes Of The Fallen’ since signing to the label six years ago.
A statement from the whole band reads:
“It is with great sadness and disappointment that we have decided to call it a day....
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Rock Industry Magazine's Ones to Watch in 2012
Lauren, one of our writers has been scouring the corners of the rock universe to look at bands we think will be the ones to watch in 2012. This first set of bands have been selected from those bands who have submitted their music to the Redbull Bedroom Jam site, we will be writing another piece very soon with bands from the entire rock universe. We’ve done the dirty work whilst lurking through...