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NEWSWIRE
July 2008
METAL BLADE
Thrash-metal fret-mongers TRIVIUM announced the Sept. 30 release of Shogun, the group’s third album for Roadrunner. The new record is a follow-up to ‘06’s The Crusade. The band will be touring with SLAYER and supporting act MASTODON as part of “The Unholy Alliance Chapter III” tour in Europe through September and October.
NEW LOVE AFFAIR
British avant-pop artist (and former LADYTRON remixer and bassist) POP LEVI is slated to release a new album called Never Never Love (Counter) on Sept. 2. The album is about “the madness of love” and was recorded in Hollywood at QUINCY JONES’ old studio, Westlake.
LATEST BUZZ
Atmospheric indie rock act SIGUR RÓS’ North American fall tour will include an Oct. 2 stop at the Greek Theatre. The group will be supporting its newest album, Međ suđ í eyrum viđ spilum endalaust (XL), released last month. The English translation of the album title is “with a buzz in our rears we play endlessly.”
CLUB HOPPIN’
Indie rock act TOKYO POLICE CLUB confirmed a select number of fall performances that include a Sept. 18 show at the Henry Fonda Theatre in L.A. and Sept. 20 set during the San Diego Street Scene.
DAYS OF THUNDER
Heavy rock act VALIENT THORR’s cross-country tour with EARLY MAN will include shows Aug. 14 at Karma in Victorville and Aug. 15 at the Troubadour in W. Hollywood. The tour is in support of the band’s Immortalizer album, released last month.
FAMILY PLOT
THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS announced the Sept. 2 release of Brotherhood, a two-disc collection of rare and new material. A single from this collection, “Midnight Madness,” is due out Aug. 19. Another new track is named “Keep My Composure” and features SPANK ROCK.
MONSTER’S BALL
French metal group GOJIRA is wrapping up a new album, The Way of All Flesh (Prosthetic), slated for an Oct. 14 release. The new record is a follow-up to From Mars to Sirius, which was acclaimed in underground and mainstream circles.
June 2008 Newswire
BACK THE THE FUTURE
English post-punk act THE FUTUREHEADS is set to release a new album, entitled This Is Not the World, June 3 on their own label, Nul Recordings.
CHIP AHOY
Electro-pop group HOT CHIP just announced a North American tour that includes Sept. 21-22 shows at the Wiltern LG in L.A.
STRAIN GAIN
Deathcore outfit THE ACACIA STRAIN is slated to release its fourth studio album, Continent, on Aug. 19. The Massachusetts group is headlining the Sun Your Bunz Tour, which includes shows on June 14 at Chain Reaction in Anaheim and June 15 at the Hudson Theatre in San Bernardino.
LOUD AND CLEAR
The Shout it Loud Tour, featuring LESS THAN JAKE and GOLDFINGER, will include shows July 26 at the Wiltern LG and July 27 at the Grove of Anaheim. Less Than Jake will release a new album, GNV FLA, June 24 on the band’s own label, Sleep It Off Records.
SUDDEN DEATH
COLDPLAY is scheduled to release Viva La Vida, the band’s fourth album, on June 17 on Capitol/Parlophone. The title track and single recently jumped to No. 3, the biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit of the band’s career.
SMOKE SIGNALS
San Diego area reggae rock act SLIGHTLY STOOPID’s Tailgate 2008 Tour will include shows Aug. 2 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa and Sept. 6 at the Open Air Theatre in San Diego. PEPPER and SLY & ROBBIE are also on the bill.
PARTY PEOPLE
BLOC PARTY’s summer touring will include shows July 28 at the Glass House in Pomona and July 29 at the Mayan Theatre in L.A.
HOLY TERROR
Thrash-metal act LAMB OF GOD just announced the July 1 release of a new 2-disc DVD, entitled Walk With Me in Hell. The DVD features a documentary and live footage from the band’s Sacrament world tour. [RCH]
MAY NEWSWIRE
IF THESE WALLS COULD SING
Metalcore act WALLS OF JERICHO just released its Redemption EP, which was produced by SLIPKNOT’s Corey Taylor. The EP is largely characterized by melodic vocals and acoustic instrumentation. The band is currently writing songs for a full-length planned for a summer release.
HOME SICKNESS
L.A.’s Cambodian-flavored psych-pop act DENGUE FEVER recently confirmed a summer tour that includes free shows on May 5 at the Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park, June 14 at a Juneteenth celebration at MLK Jr. Park in Long Beach and June 21 at the Make Music Pasadena event.
FOUR TO THE FLOOR
Electro-folk artist FOUR TET will release a four-track, techno/krautrock-flavored mini-album entitled Ringer May 6.
PIMP THIS RIDE
Automaker Scion’s in-house label, Scion A/V, recently released remixed tracks by GHOSTFACE KILLAH, 45 KING and RHYTHM ROOTS ALLSTARS. The Ghostface track “Charlie Brown,” for example, is remixed by DJ MEHDI, YUKSEK, ORGASMIC and GUNS N’ BOMBS. For more info: scion.com/#scionAV.
iHARDCORE
Hardcore label Trustkill Records — home to THROWDOWN and CRASH ROMEO —recently announced its streamlined, iPhone-friendly website: trustkill.com/iphone. Visitors can check out podcasts, download songs from iTunes and watch posted videos.
LIFE FORCE
The Rockstar Energy Drink Get A Life Tour will feature THE USED, STRAYLIGHT RUN, ARMY OF ME, STREET DRUM CORPS and include a May 7 show at the UC Irvine Bren Events Center.
RADIO’ ACTIVE
RADIOHEAD’s North American tour will include Aug. 24-25 shows at the Hollywood Bowl.
NUMBERS RACKET
Alt-country rockers OLD 97’s are scheduled to release Blame It On Gravity, their seventh studio album, on May 13. The band’s current club tour will include a June 19 show at L.A.’s Crash Mansion.
PROJEKT LAUNCH
The Projekt Revolution tour lineup includes LINKIN PARK, THE BRAVERY, CHRIS CORNELL, ASHES DIVIDE, ATREYU, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS and ARMOR FOR SLEEP. The tour will stop Aug. 10 at Irvine’s Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.
FEBRUARY 2008
PLAYING ‘CARD
Alt-rockers YELLOWCARD just released a digital live album, Live From Las Vegas at the Palms, exclusively through iTunes. The 10-track album features songs from the band’s latest release, Paper Walls, as well as its double-platinum major label debut Ocean Avenue.
BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Minneapolis-reared hip-hop duo ATMOSPHERE — made up of rapper SLUG and producer ANT — is scheduled to release its sixth album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold, April 22 on Rhymesayers. The album’s initial pressing will be packaged as a 40-page hardcover book with a bonus DVD. The book contains an illustrated children’s story written by Slug.
KRIST RISEN
Former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic will appear on San Francisco noise-punk band FLIPPER’s new album. The album’s producer is legendary engineer Jack Endino, who recorded Nirvana’s debut Bleach.
MEN IN BLACK
Bay Area thrash unit MACHINE HEAD received its first Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song “Aesthetics of Hate.” The song, from the album The Blackening, was inspired by a neo-conservative website’s critical statements about the shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist Dimebag Darrell. The Grammys are set for Feb. 10.
THE DOPE SHOW
Former MARILYN MANSON bassist TWIGGY RAMIREZ [at LEFT] rejoined his old band in time for the U.S. leg of the group’s Rape of the World Tour, which includes Feb. 22-23 shows at the Wiltern LG.
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE
Geek-rockers OK GO recently collaborated with New Orleans funk/soul trombone outfit BONERAMA for charity. The two groups will release You’re Not Alone, a 5-song digital EP, available exclusively through iTunes, on Feb. 5. All proceeds will benefit New Orleans musicians struggling in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
MONTHLY MUSICIAN
Indie Kill Rock Stars will release Colin Meloy Sings Live! , a 14-track collection of performances by THE DECEMBERISTS’ lead singer’s 2006 solo tour, on April 8.
January 2008
FAB FIVE FEARLESS
Fearless Records — PLAIN WHITE T’S and SUGARCULT’s old stomping grounds — is slated to release Punk Goes Crunk in April. This compilation will feature acts such as ALL TIME LOW, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and HOT ROD CIRCUIT covering popular hip-hop songs.
REMAINS ENTERTAINS
Massachusetts metal-monger ALL THAT REMAINS recently launched a headlining tour featuring a Feb. 25 show at the Anaheim House of Blues. The band will be supported by CHIMAIRA, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and DIVINE HERESY.
KOOK OFF
The sophomore album from U.K. rockers THE KOOKS, Konk, is slated for an April 15 release. The new album is a follow-up to Inside In/Outside Out, which sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide.
TALES FROM THE CRYPT
Canadian tech-metal act CRYPTOPSY recently announced a new lineup featuring vocalist Matt Mcgachy and keyboardist Maggie Durand. The band entered the studio last month to begin work on its sixth full-length. Cryptopsy is touring Mexico, Central and South America through February.
BOYS ON THE SIDEONE
Canadian reggae-rock act BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH recently launched its first headlining U.S. tour, which includes a Feb. 6 show at the Knitting Factory in L.A. SideOneDummy labelmates FLOGGING MOLLY are set to release a new record, Float, March 4.
BIRTH DAY
A new album by Bay Area rapper (and one-half of the duo LATYRX) LYRICS BORN, Everywhere At Once, will feature guest appearances by RJD2 and CHALI 2NA. The full-length, the rapper’s first for Anti-, is slated for a March 18 release.
FOOS TO FORUM
Beloved alt-rockers the FOO FIGHTERS recently added a March 5 show at the Forum to their U.S. tour in support of their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, released in September.
EDITS TO FETE IT
The U.S. tour by EDITORS will feature shows Feb. 9 at L.A.’s Wiltern LG and Feb. 10 at the House of Blues in Anaheim. HOT HOT HEAT and LOUIS XIV will support the English rock outfit.
December 2007
PENNY FROM HEAVEN
The new, ninth PENNYWISE album will be available as a free download in March through a special promotion by Textango, a digital music provider. To get the album, you must go to the company’s MySpace profile, (myspace.com/textango), and add it as a “friend.” Textango customers purchase music by sending a special text message, downloading from the company’s website and then getting billed to their cell phone.
INVADERS FROM MARS
A new online game based on the forthcoming album by THE MARS VOLTA, The Bedlam in Goliath, will be exclusively available at amazon.com from Jan. 2 to 29, the scheduled release date for the new record. The game, Goliath the Soothsayer, is based on the band’s real life, horrific experiences with a Ouija board owned by vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. A trailer for the game is available at http://video.umrg.com/marsvolta/goliath_the_soothsayer/quicktime.asp.
BABY ON BOARD
A new EP from BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, American X: Baby 81 Sessions, will be available exclusively at thinkindie.com, starting Dec. 4. The EP, which follows the Baby 81/ album released in April, will feature seven new tracks, including live versions of “Vision” and “The Show’s About to Begin,” as well as a 9-minute short film for the song “American X.”
REPEATING RAINBOW
The CD version of the new seventh album from RADIOHEAD, In Rainbows, is slated for release Jan. 1. This album was previously released as a digital download in October for which purchasers were asked to name their own price.
CRIBS RE-RIGGED
U.K. rockers THE CRIBS recently postponed their tour, which included a Dec. 1 El Rey show, until early ’08, citing scheduling conflicts.
LAST DAYS
MINISTRY, founded by industrial icon Al Jourgensen, recently announced its final world tour, slated to start in March. The band released its last studio album, The Last Sucker, in September. The tour will include April 5 and 6 shows at the House of Blues in W. Hollywood. Tech-metal act MESHUGGAH will also be on the bill.
November 2007 Newswire
NEW BLOOD
Political punk band ANTI-FLAG is currently in the studio working on a follow-up to ‘06’s For Blood and Empire. The new album is slated for a spring 2008 release. Last month, the Pittsburgh-based act released a limited-edition EP, A Benefit For Victims of Violent Crime, to raise money for charity.
KILLER ALBUM
THE KILLERS are slated to release a collection of B-sides and rarities entitled Sawdust Nov. 13. The tracks include a song from the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack, “Move Away,” and a JOY DIVISION cover, “Shadowplay.”
ICE MEN
The release of a documentary by Iceland’s SIGUR ROS, Heima, was pushed back to Nov. 20. The film chronicles the band’s series of free concerts in their native country over the course of summer 2006. The accompanying CD, Hvarf/Heim, is slated for a Nov. 6 release.
TORPEDO LAUNCH
SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan this month launches Torpedo Comics, an Internet-based retail outfit specializing in comic books, graphics novels, superhero action figures and related memorabilia. In addition, Dolmayan and SOAD guitarist Daron Malakian are working on the debut album for their SCARS ON BROADWAY side project, slated for a summer 2008 release.
ESCAPE HATCH
Due to a band member’s injury, tech-core giant DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN canceled its U.S. and European tour plans to support its new album, Ire Works, out Nov. 13.
STILL ILL
East Coast rapper NAS is set to release a career-spanning compilation Nov. 6. Entitled Greatest Hits, the album will feature tracks from ‘94’s Illmatic to ‘04’s Street’s Disciple and two new songs, “Surviving the Times” and “Less Than an Hour.”
ROCKING DEAD
The North American arena tour of OZZY OSBOURNE and shock rocker ROB ZOMBIE will include a Nov. 30 stop at the Staples Center in L.A. Zombie last month released Zombie – Live, his first live album, culled from 2006 concert performances. August Newswire
WARPED WINS
Monster Energy Drink announced its “Win Your Own Private Warped Tour Show Sweepstakes,” with the grand prize winner receiving a private concert in their hometown for 100 friends. One hundred other winners will receive a Monster ESP guitar. ESCAPE THE FATE, THE BRIGGS, AUTHORITY ZERO, STREET DRUM CORPS and THE DEAR AND THE DEPARTED are among the possible bands to perform the private show. The deadline is Aug. 31. Enter the contest at monsterenergy.com.
DEATH STARS
Stalwart death metal outfit OBITUARY is slated to release a new album, Xecutioner’s Return, Aug. 28. The band’s tour launches next month with SoCal stops on Sept. 26 at the House of Blues in Anaheim and Sept. 30 at the Knitting Factory in L.A. “Xecutioner” was Obituary’s original band name.
FIRE REKINDLED
A new HIGH ON FIRE album, entitled Death is This Communion, is slated for a Sept. 18 release. The band posted a new track, “Rumors of War,” exclusively on its MySpace page. The band will play at the El Rey Sept. 21.
BRAZILIAN WAX
Brazilian dance-pop outfit CSS recently released a vocoder-laced remix of a TILLY AND THE WALL song, “The Freest Man” from that band’s Bottoms of Barrels album. The track is available at team-love.com. Tilly is slated to begin work on a new album later this year.
SOLID GOLD
GOLDFINGER is scheduled to perform a benefit concert Aug. 3 at the House of Blues in Anaheim to raise money for a legal fund for Kevin Kjonass, who is serving a 6-year prison term connected to his animal-rights activities, which authorities describe as domestic terrorism. The charity event is spearheaded by Goldfinger singer-guitarist John Feldmann. Go to myspace/com/goldfinger4kevin for more info.
PLAYING IT BY EAR
TALIB KWELI’s new sixth album, Eardrum, features guest appearances by KRS-ONE, MADLIB, HI-TEK, WILL.I.AM and others. The album is scheduled to hit stores Aug. 21. The Brooklyn rapper is currently busy with the multi-act Rock the Bells hip-hop tour that hits the Hyundai Pavilion in Devore Aug. 11. MAY NEWSWIRE
GLOBAL GIG
AFI, the SMASHING PUMPKINS, KANYE WEST and THE POLICE are among the artists slated to perform July 7 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey as part of a “Live Earth” broadcast, a 24-hour live concert spanning the globe. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore organized the event, which is intended to increase awareness about the dangers of global warming.
DEATH THREAT
Seminal Florida death-metal act OBITUARY is slated to release a new album on Sept. 11 via Candlelight Records (EMPEROR, VADER), its first for this label. Recording is expected to be completed June 1. A U.S. tour is scheduled to kick off the week the album is released.
BUY THE NUMBERS
The tuneful pop-rockers in THE MAGIC NUMBERS are scheduled to release Those the Brokes on July 3 on Astralwerks. The new album is a follow-up to the band’s ’05 self-titled full-length, which went double-platinum in the U.K. and earned the London-based outfit Mercury Music Prize and Brit Award nominations in their native land.
STRIPES HYPED
THE WHITE STRIPES announced that their sixth album, Icky Thump, will be released on June 19 via Third Man/Warner Bros. The release’s title is taken from the northern English expression “ecky thump” that is used as an exclamation. One of the tracks, “St. Andrew,” will feature vocals from drummer Meg White. The 13-track album will also include the band’s first spoken-word composition, “Rag and Bone.”
VALENTINE VISIT
Metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE is swinging through SoCal as part of its North American tour to support its latest album, The Poison. The band will make stops May 17 at Soma in San Diego and May 18 at Avalon in L.A.
HIP-HOP STOP
Underground rapper AWOL ONE’s tour to support his new album with FACTOR, Only Death Can Kill You, will include a June 12 stop at the Terrace in Pasadena. The album was released last month.
March 2007 Newswire
SOLO STROKE
Albert Hammond Jr., the curly-haired guitarist for THE STROKES, is slated to release his first solo disc, Yours to Keep, March 6. The pop album features guest spots by SEAN LENNON, BEN KWELLER, Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas and THE MOONEY SUZUKI guitarist Sammy James Jr. Hammond’s solo dates include a March 6 stop at the El Rey.
A REAL SELL-OUT
For the first time in its history, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival sold out two months prior to the April 27-29 event in Indio. Paid attendance is estimated at 55,000 each day. BJORK, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and a reunited RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE are the confirmed headliners.
BIRD SONGS
A download-only live EP from U.K. rock group THE DOVES is slated to be released April 17. The 5-track Some Cities Live EP will feature recordings from 2005 shows in London, Dublin and New York City. Go to doves.net for details. A fourth studio album could be ready for a summer or fall release.
TIME-LY TUNES
The metalcore mavens in EVERY TIME I DIE are scheduled this month to begin recording a follow-up to ‘05’s Gutter Phenomenon with Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, DEADGUY, LIFETIME, STORY OF THE YEAR). The album is slated to be released on Ferret Music this summer.
AUSSIE POSSE
YOUTH GROUP, YOU AM I, AIRBOURNE, DALLAS CRANE and BEASTS OF BURDEN are among the more than 25 bands scheduled to make an appearance during “The Hoe-Down Under — Texas’ Aussie Music Party,” an online event scheduled for March 14 at secondlife.com. Coinciding with South by Southwest, the event is part of an effort to expose American audiences to Australian bands.
NEW YOUTH GROUP
SONIC YOUTH frontman Thurston Moore recently signed psychedelic folk act WOODEN WAND to his Ecstatic Peace label (home of BE YOUR OWN PET). The album, James and the Quiet, was produced by Sonic guitarist Lee Ranaldo and is slated for a May 15 release.
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