Archive for December 14th, 2012

Vans Warped Tour Releases Second Batch Of Band Announcements

Just like last week, the fine people over at Fuse have broken out this week’s Vans Warped Tour announcements for 2013 in the middle of tonight’s showing of ‘Warped Roadies’. Be sure to pre-order your tickets while they’re being sold at their lowest price yet. Tonight’s announcements are: Stick To Your Guns, Hands Like Houses, […]

Full Details Regarding “Real to Reel,” The Soundtrack For Dave Grohl’s “Sound City” Documentary Revealed

The complete track list and performer information for Sound City – Real to Reel, the soundtrack accompanying Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary, was released today. The artist credits read like a who’s who of classic and contemporary rock royalty. People like Paul McCartney (shocker), Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Trent […]

Air Dubai Signs With Hopeless Records

Denver rock/hip hop group, Air Dubai have signed with Hopeless Records. Their full length album, Be Calm, will be released sometime next year. The group’s vocalist, Jon Shockness, recently sat down with Alternative Press to discuss their music and any future plans. When asked what makes Air Dubai different from other rock/hip hop groups like Gym […]

I See Stars Announce Headlining Tour This February

Detroit, Michigan electro-rock outfit, I See Stars announced earlier that they will be headlining the first part of The Filthy February Tour with For All Those Sleeping, Get Scared, At The Skylines and Upon This Dawning this February. The eleven day tour will begin on February 1 in Springfield, Virginia, making its way through the Northeast and Midwest before finishing […]

The Black Dahlia Murder Added To Warped Tour 2013; Release Statement

The second round of Warped Tour 2013 band announcements is due later today, but Michigan’s Black Dahlia Murder went ahead and announced themselves that they will be taking part in next year’s festivities. The band confirmed their participation in the tour via social networks today, and even went as far as to release a statement […]

Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe Will Stand Trial For Manslaughter Charges In February

Today is a shitty day. I know it’s Friday, but one look at the day’s headlines and it becomes incredibly clear that this may very well be the worst Friday of 2012. Nothing can overshadow the tragedy in Connecticut, but on the music side of things we learned this morning that Lamb Of God frontman […]

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25 Days Of Metal 2012: #12 Pig Destroyer – Book Burner

Rather than counting down the days until we can celebrate Christmas, this year we’re bringing you a series of metal posts will be celebrating the countdown until we don’t have to be inundated with Christmas music and decorations everywhere. To coincide with this countdown we’ll be posting our top 25 metal (and metal-ish) albums of […]

REVIEW: Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox

Artist: Bruno Mars Album: Unorthodox Jukebox Genre: Pop, r’n’b Label: Atlantic Forgive me for this, but swoon. ‘Swoon’ is the only word I can think of to sum up this album. Jo March once dramatically fell from a carriage crying, “If only I were the swooning type,” and I’ve long agreed with her – at […]

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Hot Water Music Releasing Live Album/DVD

Hot Water Music have teamed up with their former label, No Idea Records, to release the band’s extensive live album, Live In Chicago, on January 15. The album was recorded at the band’s February 1 and 2, 2008 shows at The Metro in Chicago. Footage on the 80-minute, 24-song live DVD accompanying the album was […]

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VIDEO: Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson And GZA Go Back And Forth On Science And Hip-Hop

Superstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is Bill Nye The Science Guy for the Internet age. In a little over the span of a year he went from being the subject of a meme to a meme in and of himself. And why not? Dude is awesome. Tyson had a chance to sit down with rapper […]

MUSIC VIDEO: Counterparts – “The Disconnect”

Hamilton, Ontario outfit Counterparts have posted up their music video for “The Disconnect” and is ripping through our speakers. The video shows us all live touring footage from Counterparts adventures and mosh-pitting throughout the year. Quite exhilarating. This song is off of the group’s album, The Current Will Carry Us, released last October through Victory […]

The Game Is Feuding With Fox News Anchor; Starts #BOYCOTTFOXNEWS11 Twitter Trend

News network Fox News, in its true conservative form, had a writer, Michelle Malkin, who  criticized The Games‘ album cover for Jesus Piece, calling it blasphemous. The Game has since started a boycott of Fox News, starting a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #BOYCOTTFOXNEWS11, and done an interview fully explaining his stance. I’m not sure the Games’ […]