quinta-feira, setembro 29, 2011

Hellish War to headline big festival in northeast Brazil this sunday

One of the main Brazilian traditional metal bands, HELLISH WAR will be the headliner of Garagem Hold Festival in the city of Campina Grande, Paraiba state.

Promoted by the Brazilian entertainment company, Hold Audio & Studio Web, the festival will happen this Sunday, October 2nd at Planet Hall club. Besides HELLISH WAR, will also play the bands Ouija, Albatroz, Os Malcriados and also two other groups winners of the contest "Garagem Hold".

This will be the first time that HELLISH WAR plays on the state. The show will be the only one in all the northeast region and will be based on the band's most recent album, Live In Germany, recorded in Germany during the band's first European Tour in 2009. The group will also feature some unreleased tracks from the upcoming new album Keep It Hellish, which is being recorded.

Tickets and other information can be found on the festival's website http://www.garagemhold.com.br 
Check out the official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=BR&v=DWBSe4bsLGo   
Check out also the message recorded by HELLISH WAR members inviting all the fans for the show 
http://youtu.be/5Yom-muKFgc


Among other news, on November 5th, HELLISH WAR will also play on another important Brazilian festival, the 5º Triumph Of Metal Festival. The event will take place in the city of Pouso Alegre, south of Minas Gerais state, and will also feature the bands Attomica, Calvary Death, Lothloryen, Statik Majik, Motorocker and Woslom. 

 
For Further Information
:
 
www.hellishwar.com.br  
www.myspace.com/warhellishwar (Myspace) 
www.facebook.com/hellishwar (Facebook) 
www.twitter.com/hellishwar (Twitter)  
www.hellionrecords.com.br (Record Label in Brazil)
www.puresteel-records.com (Record Label in Europe)

New FREE Live Video from The Red Masque

New Live Video from The Red Masque

 

"Dark Salt Sea", a new song by Philadelphia avant / progressive band The Red Masque is now available on youtube: Please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr1TZobhHE4 

Or go direct to the band's video page on Reverbnation to see this new video as well as all of TRM's videos: 

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_videos/1324887 

 

 

Upcoming Shows

10.22.2011: The Red Masque will have a live performance / video shoot at Fugue FIlms Studio Six, Bristol, PA.  This is a private show but will be available as a free webcast in the near future.

11.20.2011: Thinking Plague, Hamster Theater, The Red Masque and Syrrah at the Philadelphia Mausoleum Of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA), 531 North 12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19123; 7 PM sharp. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. All Ages. BYOB. It is recommended that you buy tickets in advance. Click here to buy tickets: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/62867

Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=240442755999139

The Red Masque

www.theredmasque.com

 

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Aqueous Fall 2011 Tour & More!

AQ Update: Fall Tour 2011

Welcome to the Aqueous newsletter! This is set to be a bi-weekly column with news, updates and bits from our travels.

This past weekend we made stops in Prattsburgh, NY for the Spirit in the Sky Festival as well as a trip to Jamestown, NY for a double shot at Mojo's. Spirit in the Sky provided a great slice of land for the fall festival goer who wants to keep raging! We then rolled into Jamestown ready for a full night of tunes and left with a buzz and two more upcoming shows at Mojo's!

Tour Dates

09.30 Buffalo, NY
Pearl Street Brewery

10.01 Ithaca, NY
Delilah's on Cayuga

10.02 Lisbon, NY
Swamp Jam

10.14 Buffalo, NY
Soundlab w/ Dopapod

10.15 Brockport, NY
58 Main

10.21 Jamestown, NY
Mojo's

10.22 Buffalo, NY
Nietzsche's

10.28 Canton, NY
Java Barn

10.29 Saranac Lake, NY
Waterhole

11.04 Rochester, NY
Dubland Underground

11.11 Buffalo, NY
Mr. Goodbar

11.12 Erie, PA
Crooked I

11.23 Albany, NY
Red Square

11.25 Buffalo, NY
DBGB

11.26 Jamestown, NY
Mojo's

Pearl St., Ithaca & Swamp Jam

The fall tour is just getting underway and this week we'll be in front of our local crowd at the Pearl Street Brewery in Buffalo, NY. Then it's on the road again heading to Delilah's on Cayuga in beautiful Ithaca, NY. Rain or shine we'll be hiking by day and playing by night before wrapping up the weekend on Sunday as part of the Swamp Jam Music Festival in Lisbon, NY!

Meet Our Newest Member!

This unnamed pretty cherry is our new chariot on the road. After years of doing the two car shuffle and endless tetris-like games after gigs we've decided to get some new wheels. She's dedicated to you for all the support and continued dedication you've shown Aqueous over the years. Now time to load it up and rock this fall tour!

NOISECREEP ANNOUNCES BUCKCHERRY OPENING FOR GUNS N' ROSES

NOISECREEP ANNOUNCES BUCKCHERRY OPENING FOR GUNS N' ROSES


10/28 - Orlando – Amway Center
10/29 – Miami – American Airlines Arena
10/31 – Greenville - Bi–Lo Center
11/2 – Atlanta – Philips Arena
11/4 – Houston – Toyota Center

Buckcherry also teamed up with Shaq and Betty White to create awareness around child abuse with Childhelp.

 
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SIGUR RÓS klippa revealed + competition + free mp3s


SIGUR RÓS INNI
the definitive live experience. out november 7th 2011.

pre-order

klippa revealed

klippa

what has thus far only been alluded to in the short film klippa, released earlier this month, we can now officially reveal: the "unique concert artefact" within each and every one of our special editions is in fact a piece of the clothing worn by a band member over the nights of november 20-21 at london's alexandra palace, in 2008.

each of the band's outfits has now been painstakingly pressed (but not washed) and then cut into neat squares which have then been put into individually numbered envelopes, each to be inserted in its own lavish special edition box, along with coloured vinyl 7-inch of the unreleased song lúppulagið, inni enamel badge, light sensitive paper (more on this later) and all the other goodies.

the special edition competition

because there are only four outfits, this finite resource has entirely governed the number of special edition packages that can be made. some have asked how many there are and when they are going to run out. well, let's make it more interesting: and ask you to guess.

guess how many special editions kjartan, orri, georg and jónsi's outfits were able to generate and you can win your choice of either the first or last numbered limited special edition signed by the band, as well as a unique light-sensitive t-shirt in a size of your choice.

enter the competition

now klippa's secret has been revealed. if you're convinced you know the number and will therefore be getting a free copy of this luxury item, enter above. those of a more prudent nature, however, might like to take out the insurance of buying their own copy while stocks last!

order the special edition

download/watch festival & ný batterí

oh, and while we're about it, here are links to some previews from inni.


- sigur rós

sigur-ros.co.uk    twitter    facebook    myspace    vimeo    youtube

 

domingo, setembro 25, 2011

Previously unreleased November 1974 Dark Side of the Moon Wembley Show

In celebration of the upcoming Immersion Box Sets, Pink Floyd's Official YouTube Channel have released an amazing video which features original Floyd screen films and exclusive footage.

Head on over to Pink Floyd Online to check it out! www.pinkfloydonline.com.

sábado, setembro 24, 2011

'Gracing For Drowning' the new album by Steven Wilson – released on Monday – studio video now online

Grace For Drowning, the new solo album from Steven Wilson is released next Monday (September 26th – Tuesday 27th in North America).

 

An 8 minute edit of Raider II, the 23 minute epic that is part of the album, is now streaming on the Grace For Drowning, mini-site and the Kscope soundcloudA new video of Wilson in the studio  recording the track has also been added to the site.

 

Steven Wilson is a twice Grammy-nominated producer, writer and performer, best known as founder and front man of British rock band Porcupine Tree. He has also produced and /or mixed albums for artists as diverse as Swedish metal band Opeth, Norwegian chanteuse Anja Garbarek, and progressive rock institution King Crimson. Last year, he also co-wrote and sang a track from  Pendulum's number one album Immersion. Porcupine Tree's last album was a top 30 album in both the UK and USA, and the tour climaxed with sold out shows in October last year at Royal Albert Hall in  London and  Radio City Music Hall in New York.

 

Grace For Drowning is the second album released under Wilson's own name, and builds on the artistic inroads he forged with 2009's exceptionally well-received Insurgentes. A double album ('two 40-45 minute albums in the same package') Wilson has described it as "my biggest project to date".

 

Grace For Drowning, looks set to be equally well-received. Terrorizer have described it as 'a dense yet extremely coherent album, Grace For Drowning succeeds brilliantly... Prog album of the year, no less.' (5/5), Classic Rock have proclaimed 'Grace For Drowning is an album that can't really be described but it urgently calls to be heard' while Record Collector stated: 'there is an overwhelming sense of awe, a majestic soundscape created by an innovative, forward-looking musician immersed in the history of music... its epic vision will always reward revisits.'

 

Grace For Drowning, will be released on CD, vinyl and download along with a Blu-ray edition of the album. The Blu-ray disc contains the album in 5.1 surround sound with accompanying video content. The video content, created by long-term collaborator Lasse Hoile, as well as photo galleries, hand written notes and lyrics. A trailer for the Blu-ray is now online.

 

For the most avid collectors there is also a deluxe edition of the album. Limited to 5000 copies worldwide, the deluxe edition features 3 CDs, the Blu-ray Disc and a 120-page book. In addition to the album on 2CDs, the third CD features out-takes and demo material. All 4 discs will be packaged in a hard back book which features 120 pages of artwork and notes.

Please check the Grace For Drowning mini-site for pre-order links for all editions of the album. The mini-site also features Lasse's videos for Remainder The Black Dog, Index and Track One along with a free download, tour dates, album info and artwork.

 The videos are also available on the Kscope iPhone app, which has been updated to include audio from the album along with pictures from the album and more. In addition to the videos for the tracks the app also features a series of short teaser videos created by Lasse Hoile. The app is free to download from the iTunes app store.

 

quinta-feira, setembro 22, 2011

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - THE CLASSIC ALBUMS COLLECTION

Cover art.

  • Includes such enduring ELO hits as "Can't Get It Out of My Head," "Evil Woman," "Telephone Line," "Livin' Thing," "Sweet Talkin' Woman," "Mr. Blue Sky," "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Hold on Tight."

Original Price: $99.98 USD

R$139,64 BRL ($79,99)

ADD TO CART  Pre-Order - Ships on or before 15 de Outubro de 2011

England's Electric Light Orchestra, better known to its fans as ELO, went from cult status to arena-level superstardom in the 1970s, evolving from eclectic classically-influenced prog-rockers to state-of-the-art hitmakers. At the peak of their popularity, they were one of the world's biggest-selling recording acts, and also one of the most unusual. Combining rock instrumentation with a full string section, ELO couldn't help but stand out, both musically and visually.

Originally launched by Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Roy Wood as a sideline to their legendary band the Move, ELO arrived in 1971 with their debut album No Answer. Wood departed soon after, but singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer Lynne continued to pilot ELO through a series of ambitious albums that blended the band's expansive symphonic-rock sound with songs that were both sonically adventurous and infectiously catchy. ELO was particularly successful in America, where the band scored a series of multi-platinum albums as well as 19 Top 20 singles.

ELO's recordings grew progressively more ambitious, with the playful experimentation of the group's early efforts evolving into the extended orchestral excursions of 1974's Eldorado and the rousing, concise songcraft of the dual commercial breakthroughs A New World Record and Out of the Blue.

Albums included:

  1. No Answer
  2. Electric Light Orchestra II
  3. On the Third Day
  4. Eldorado
  5. Face the Music
  6. A New World Record
  7. Out of the Blue
  8. Discovery
  9. Time
  10. Secret Messages
  11. Balance of Power
http://pt.popmarket.com/electric-light-orchestra-the-classic-albums-collection/details/25966404

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NEWLY CREATED BOXED SETS OF ORIGINAL ALBUMS BYELO, EARTH, WIND & FIRE, DEXTER GORDON, NINA SIMONE, CHEAP TRICK AND MORE

ALL AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT POPMARKET.COM
 
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is giving music fans early inspiration for the holiday shopping season this year, announcing a great assortment of iconic jazz, pop, rock, blues and soul artists to be showcased in the next round of The Complete Albums Collections, a new product line for serious listeners offering new releases throughout the year available exclusively through PopMarket.com.
 
Newly designed box sets containing the original album catalogs of Sony Music Artists have been created especially for The Complete Albums Collections line and will be available starting September 13, just in time for the 2011 holiday season.
 
The diverse lineup of artists being featured includes: ELO, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dexter Gordon, Woody Shaw, Nina Simone, Paul Desmond, Leonard Cohen, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Holiday, Judas Priest, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Harry Nilsson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather report and Taj Mahal. Each of the sets offers music fans and collectors the chance to own complete official discographies of classic albums on CD (with many out of print and rare titles finally available).  Individual discs come sleeved in 5x5 mini-jacket reproductions of the original album cover art alongside a stand-alone booklet with discographic information and photos, all housed in a beautifully packaged clamshell box.
 
The Complete Albums Collections will showcase a diverse selection of iconic artists each month, offering fans and collectors a rare opportunity to own complete classic discographies on CD (with bonus tracks and rarities). The Complete Albums Collections are available exclusively on PopMarket.com, the first online daily deals site created for music fans by Sony Music Entertainment. PopMarket offers the hottest daily deals on premium music, rare collectible albums, boxed sets and memorabilia. Free PopMarket.com membership gives music fans unprecedented access to hot deals on the coolest music.
 
SEPTEMBER 13 - ELO — The Classic Albums Collection $79.99 England's Electric Light Orchestra, better known to its fans as ELO, went from cult status to arena-level superstardom in the 1970s, evolving from eclectic classically-influenced prog-rockers to state-of-the-art hitmakers. At the peak of their popularity, they were one of the world's biggest-selling recording acts, and also one of the most unusual. Combining rock instrumentation with a full string section, ELO couldn't help but stand out, both musically and visually.  Each album features rare bonus tracks, including numerous alternate versions and unreleased tracks, and includes such enduring ELO hits as "Can't Get It Out of My Head," "Evil Woman," "Telephone Line," "Livin' Thing," "Sweet Talkin' Woman," "Mr. Blue Sky," "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Hold on Tight."
 
SEPTEMBER 13 - EARTH, WIND & FIRE — The Columbia Masters (15 CDs) $119.9915 newly mastered CD encompassing their astonishing recording career on Columbia Records plus a bonus disc of rarities, instrumentals and unreleased tracks supervised by EW&F's founder and spiritual guide Maurice White.  Earth, Wind & Fire's horn-powered hit machine represents the best in pop melodies, harmonizing voices, funky syncopation and rhythms of the world. The set includes:15 of the band's classic albums, newly mastered for superior sound, original LP jackets, meticulously reproduced, a 40-page booklet with photos and commentary by Maurice White.  The Columbia Masters also features a newly compiled bonus disk with two unreleased tracks from the Touch the World sessions, two scintillating live performances ("Getaway" and "In the Stone") recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 1980 and rare instrumental versions of "Let's Groove" and "Boogie Wonderland" (with The Emotions).
 
SEPTEMBER 13 - The Complete Dexter Gordon Columbia Albums Collection (7 CDs) $55.99
"There are no second acts in American lives" wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, a man who never would have put those words to paper had he lived to see Dexter Gordon's triumphant late career revival.  Actually, the great tenor saxophonist had a number of "second acts" during his lifetime. Yet the late 1980's flourish that found Gordon (1923-1990) an international star and an Oscar nominee could hardly be topped for a dramatic finale. With a remarkable career spanning over five decades, Gordon may have come of age in the Swing Era, but he made his mark during the subsequent rise of bebop, translating Charlie Parker's revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic language to the tenor saxophone. In 1976, Gordon was signed by Columbia Records following several years in Europe, who documented him on the celebratory Homecoming: Live At The Village Vanguard. Gordon's ultra hip manner and regal bearing made him a natural for films, and in 1986, he starred in Round Midnight in a role loosely based on both Bud Powell and Lester Young, ultimately garnering a deserving Academy Award nomination.
 
SEPTEMBER 13 - The Complete Woody Shaw Columbia Albums Collection (6 CDs) $55.99
Encountering the name Woody Shaw (1944-1989) in print or conversation, it's not uncommon for a phrase much like " the last original trumpet voice" to follow. For Shaw was just such a player: a daring horn stylist with an utterly personal and technically advanced approach that has yet to be matched since his untimely death.   After a memorable stint with the hard bop maestro, Horace Silver, Shaw leaped head first towards the post bop firmament, collaborating with such visionary player/composers as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, and Larry Young.  On such landmark Columbia albums as Woody lll and For Sure! -- projects that represented a career peak for Shaw in terms of both personal creativity and commercial exposure -- his impressive compositions and arranging skills for expanded ensembles are brought to the fore. Let Miles Davis have the last word about Shaw: "Now there's a great trumpet player. He can play different from all of them."
SEPTEMBER 22- The Complete Nina Simone RCA Albums Collection (9  CDs) $71.99
As unclassifiable as she was forthright, Nina Simone (1933-2003) went her own way;  it was up to her devoted audience to keep pace with her stylistic wanderings.  Defiantly outspoken and willfully eclectic in her music, Simone electrified listeners with artfully intense performances.
 
SEPTEMBER 27 - The Complete Paul Desmond RCA Albums Collection  (6 CDS) $55.99
For the bulk of the 1950s and 60's, Paul Desmond had one of the sweetest gigs in jazz history.  As the featured alto saxophonist in the Dave Brubeck quartet, Desmond was a central figure in the most commercially successful jazz ensemble of the time. The sole horn in the group, Desmond attracted considerable critical and public acclaim for his supremely lyrical, sublimely melodic playing. His dulcet phrases couched in what he himself dubbed a "dry martini" tone, Desmond's alto was a defining sound of the era.

 
NOVEMBER 22 - The Complete Weather Report / The Jaco Years Columbia Albums Collection (6 CDs) $55.99
Rarely has an individual player so radically transformed an already established band as Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) did upon joining Weather Report in 1976.  Not only did the electric bassist set a new direction for the band, leading it to unprecedented commercial success, he also rewrote the rules for his instrumentHis work with Weather Report is among the very finest of his truncated career. It may be a long while before we encounter the likes of a musical unit such as Weather Report, or an audaciously brilliant player akin to Pastorius, again. 
 
NOVEMBER 22- The Complete Original Mahavishnu Orchestra Columbia Albums Collection (5 CDs)$44.99

The Mahavishnu Orchestra, in its original incarnation, lasted just four years, but in that brief time, the pioneering quintet set both the template and the high-water mark for fusion music. No band ever rocked as hard in a jazzy place as guitarist John McLaughlin's charging ensemble.  www.popmarket.com
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Last Paradise - Apocalypse (Brazilian Prog Rock Band, Orchestra and Choir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHx-0iqVs4

Symphony Rock - 11/09/2011
Apocalypse, Orquestra de Sopros e Coral Municipal de Caxias do Sul
UCS Teatro - Caxias do Sul - Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil
Song: Last Paradise
Composed by Apocalypse
Arr. Gilberto Salvagni
Conductor: Gilberto Salvagni

Apocalypse: Eloy Fritsch (keyboards), Ruy Fritsch (guitar), Gustavo Demarchi (vocal), Fábio Schneider (Drums), Rafael Schmitt (bass)

www.apocalypseband.com
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sábado, setembro 17, 2011

Sigur Rós inni now available to pre-order

inni cover image

the definitive live experience. out november 7th 2011.



PRE-ORDER NOW


After… reveal cover artwork and tracklist of their forthcomin​g album

As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release third studio album by the Polish progressive rock band After.... The album entitled "No Attachments" will be out on the 21st of November in Europe and on the 6th of December in the US. The album marks the beginning of a new exciting era in the band's career. Not only will it be released by Metal Mind Productions, but it is also being produced in cooperation with the musicians of acclaimed British act The Pineapple Thief.
 
And today the band reveal the cover artwork and tracklist of “No Attachment”. The authors of the front cover are Rafał Paluszek and Wojtek Tymiński. The idea was conceived by Wojtek and it was carried out by Rafał.
 
Wojtek:  “We didn't want our album's cover to be dark and depressing. We were looking for an escape from mystic signs and hidden messages and at the same time we wanted the cover to feature something distinctive that we could associate with this album. I first thought of the idea for the cover when I saw some children playing in the yeard with paper aeroplanes. One boy was throwing the aeroplanes from a window and the others kept catching and throwing them back to him. I thought then that those planes could be symbolic of sending messages. Perhaps the artwork does not reflect the album's title in a straightforward fashion, still I hope it's not overly mysterious :) We also decided to include a couple of photos that bring positive thoughts to our minds in the booklet. That's why we  decided to use some photos made while we were on tour :) The booklet will also feature the band's photos by Joanna Lubicka.”
 
Tracklist:
 
1. All Left Behind
2. Enchanted
3. Summer Fuss
4. Carried By The Wind
5. Resurrection
6. My Straight Path
7. The Mention...
8. Good Things Are Worth Waiting For
9. Hope's Still Alive
10. Happiness
 
The band After... was formed in 2002 in Wloclawek. In November 2005, they released their debut album "Endless Lunatic", featuring guest appearances by Colin Bass (Camel), Józef Skrzek (SBB) and Jacek Zasada (Quidam). To promote the album, the band played several concerts in Poland and Western Europe, sharing the stage, among others, with Fish, Quidam, Riverside, and Sylvan. The year 2008 marked a number of successes: in April, After... embarked on a tour with the British band Galahad and performed at the 3rd edition of Art-Rock Festival in Poznań (together with Galahad, Antimatter and Mangrove); in June, they played at the German Art-Rock festival in Reichenbach (together with Pallas, Spock's Beard, Mostly Autumn and Blind Ego). Also in June, that same year, their second studio album "Hideout" was released. The new album was very well received both in Poland and abroad - soon after the release it became one of the best-selling albums of the biggest German independent distribution company Just For Kicks Music; it also became the album of the month (December 2008) of the Brazilian web site Progressive Rock & Progressive Metal. In 2009, After... went on tour together with Quidam (Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Holand). The same year, the band played at the Crescendo festival in France and InoRock festival in Inowroclaw (together with Steve Hackett Band, Nosound and Indukti). In 2010, keyboard player Tomek Wisniewki parted ways with the band and, with the line-up consisting of 5 musicians, After... started working on their next album. In January 2011, their first live album "Live at Home", was released. The third studio album "No Attachments" marks the beginning of a new exciting era in the band's career. Not only will it be released by Metal Mind Productions, but it is also being produced in cooperation with the musicians of acclaimed British act The Pineapple Thief.
 
After… - line-up:
Krzysiek Drogowski – vocals
Czarek Bregier – guitars
Wojtek Tymiński - guitars
Mariusz Ziółkowski - bass
Radek Więckowski - drums
 
After… online:
http://www.after.art.pl
http://www.facebook.com/afterpl
 
Metal Mind Productions
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The Good The Bad album launch party invitation

1. The Good The Bad are quite easily one of the best live acts we've ever seen and would therefore urge you to come and check them out on Monday Sep 26th at Madame JoJo's in Soho. (It's free so bring however many people you like) here's some more testimony to their live prowess http://youtu.be/rvHV3C7YGXU

2. They're from Copenhagen and don't play UK too often, so even more reason to not miss out.
3. It's the TGTB album launch party for second LP 'From 018 To 033' – so will be goodies and party vibes aplenty + XFM DJs and some great other new bands on the bill. Check out the album here http://bit.ly/p0nzNn

More info on The Good The Bad - 'From 018 To 033' - Album release October 31st 
"Their songs are an explosion of energy and subtle sensuality that would get them hired by Quentin Tarantino before the first one is over." Alt Sounds"It's cinematic, it's retro-tastic, it's sexy, funky, riff-laden, surf-savvy and, above all, hugely enjoyable" Indie London"The Good The Bad are an incredible band, the best I've seen at SXSW" Wayne Kramer MC5For more information visit: www.thegood-thebad.com  / www.facebook.com/tgtbfb / www.myspace.com/tgtb
Back off European tour with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and several killer appearances at festivals this summer The Good The Bad are gearing up to unveil their sophomore album to an unsuspecting public. 'From 018 To 033' displays an exciting progression from their critically acclaimed debut, which attracted obsessive support among press and musical peers alike. The Good The Bad returned between live dates to their Copenhagen base, a nuclear bunker and creative haven for Denmark's Warhol Factory types to record 'From 018 To 033'. On it you can hear the spirit of the Wild West channelled through Ennio Morricone, Bill Conti and other masters like Phil Spector, John Barry and Lalo Schifrin. Yet it's not all cinematic and serene, their love for all things 60s prevails in their uncanny way of updating new takes of familiar motifs and signature riffs by The Kinks, The Who, Hendrix and many besides. This is a history lesson for those who never went to school, but it's also a new dawn and a new day where the rules simply don't apply. The result is nothing short of spectacular. With a lot more vocal, flamenco guitar, mellotron, organ and other wondrous arrangements and instrumentation than was demonstrated on TGTB's debut 'From 001 To 017', there is plenty to behold here as a significant new layer you never quite grasp becomes clear with each new listen.  The Good The Bad are also known for their inspired videos, especially since the viral success of 'A Girl Called 030', taken from the forthcoming album which was uploaded on Vimeo at the end of 2010. With over 2.5 million views racked up in a few months (watch it here) TGTB are building fans as far and wide as Mexico and Afghanistan. Other videos also available 'From 018 To 033' are '019' and '026' with more coming soon too! The Good The Bad are Adam Olsson (The Adam) on lead guitar, Johan Lei Gellett on drums and Manoj Ramdas (ex-The Raveonettes) on baritone guitar.  TGTB's new album 'From 018 To 033' is released through Stray Cat Records on October 31st. The Good The Bad launch party details are here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106657839440182 and they also play Cherry Cola Crawl  at The Macbeth on Sat 24th http://www.cherrycolacrawl.com/
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Adams Avenue Beer Taste...get tickets now before we sell out!


Announcing the Adams Avenue Beer Taste
to be held during the Adams Avenue Street Fair

Saturday, September 24.

There are very limited advance tickets are now available...
every ticket gets 12 tastes for only $20....
it's the cheapest beer tasting event in San Diego!

Click here to get your tickets now!

Click here to find out more
slammsd@gmail.com • Adams Avenue Beer Taste
 

'Gracing For Drowning' the new album by Steven Wilson - trailer for Blu-ray edition now online featuring unseen videos

'Gracing For Drowning' the new album by Steven Wilson – trailer for Blu-ray edition now online featuring unseen videos

 

'Grace For Drowning', the new solo album from Steven Wilson will be available on Kscope from September 26th.

 

'Grace For Drowning' is the second album released under Wilson's own name, and builds on the artistic inroads he forged with 2009's exceptionally well-received 'Insurgentes.' A double album ('two 40-45 minute albums in the same package') Wilson has described it as "my biggest project to date".

 

The album will be released on CD, vinyl and download along with a Blu-ray edition of the album. The Blu-ray disc contains the album in 5.1 surround sound with accompanying video content. In addition to the video content, created by long-term collaborator Lasse Hoile, the Blu-ray disc also features bonus audio tracks, photo galleries, hand written notes and lyrics.

 

A trailer for the Blu-ray has just been added to the 'Grace For Drowning' mini-site. The trailer features clips of the videos for the tracks 'Like Dust I Have Cleared From My Eye' and 'Belle Du Jour' which have not previously been seen and will only be available on the Blu-ray. Three other videos (for the tracks 'Remainder The Black Dog', 'Index' and 'Postcard') are already available on the mini-site.

 

Please check the 'Grace For Drowning' mini-site for pre-order links for all editions of the album including the digital editions which are now available to pre-order from iTunes. This digital edition features two bonus tracks.

 

Steven Wilson is a twice Grammy-nominated producer, writer and performer, best known as founder and front man of British rock band Porcupine Tree. He has also produced and /or mixed albums for artists as diverse as Swedish metal band Opeth, Norwegian chanteuse Anja Garbarek, and progressive rock institution King Crimson. Last year, he also co-wrote and sang a track from  Pendulum's number one album 'Immersion'. Porcupine Tree's last album was a top 30 album in both the UK and USA, and the tour climaxed with sold out shows in October last year at Royal Albert Hall in  London and  Radio City Music Hall in New York.

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segunda-feira, setembro 12, 2011

Oz Noy

9.12 The Bitter End - NYC - 10:30 p.m.
The Oz Noy Trio
featuring Rocky Bryant & James Genus
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9.18 The Long Beach Jazz Festival - NY - 3:00 p.m.
Long Beach Library

The Oz Noy Organ Trio featuring
Ron Oswonski & Nate Smith
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9.19 The Bitter End - NYC - 10:30 p.m.
The Oz Noy Trio
featuring Rocky Bryant and Jerry Z.
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Have You Seen the New Web site?

Oz is excited to announce that he has a new Web site!

More than a year in the making, the site has all the latest tour dates, news, press clippings, and a store page where you can purchase CDs, charts, DVDs, and more!

You can also sign up for online guitar lessons with Oz!

Check it out at http://www.oznoy.com/ !

New Releases!

Oz will release his new CD, Twisted Blues Vol. 1., on November 18.

The CD will feature some very familiar names, including: Roscoe Beck, Vinnie Colaiuta, Anton Fig, Eric Johnson, Chris Layton, John Medeski, Ralph MacDonald, Allan Toussaint, Reese Wynans, and Jerry Z.

Oz will also be releasing  new instructional DVDs!

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Just Groove Me (again!)

Oz, Will Lee, and Dave Weckl have released a new version of "Just Groove Me." You can purchase the song, charts, and play-along versions for each instrument!
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Doogie White’s solo album – listen to the first promo track

As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release Doogie White's debut solo release this Autumn. The album called "As Yet Untitled" is a collection of 10 dramatic and hard hitting rock songs co-written by White and some good friends he has made over the years on the rock scene. Track "Time Machine" promotes the album and is now available to stream on THIS site
 
Doogie White: "'Time Machine' was written by Paul Logue and myself. I was having my Dr Who moment. If you could go back what would you change? I try not to have dirt on the back of my shoes or dwell on the past, but I guess we all have moments when we think 'What if?' Bridges get burned, some get rebuilt and some just get carried by the river to the sea and float away never to be seen again. But if you could relive that moment, that secret special moment, just for one day, how magical it might be?"
 
This Scottish vocalist came to the attention of the worldwide audience when Ritchie Blackmore asked him to be the lead singer in his reformed Rainbow. They recorded one album together - "Stranger in Us All." Doogie would go on to sing with Swedish neo-classical guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen for over a six and a half year period, record two albums and tour the world. He also recorded four albums and toured with Cornerstone and is currently the lead singer of Tank.
 
The list of guest musicians involved in the recording of "As Yet Untitled" looks impressive: Drums - Patrick Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen), Thomas Broman (Glenn Hughes); Keyboards - Derek Sherinian (Black Country Communion), Tony Carey (Rainbow); Bass - Neil Murray (Whitesnake), Greg Smith (Ted Nugent), Paul Logue (Edens Curse); Guitars - Pontus Norgren (Hammerfall),  Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt), Phil Hilborne (Queen Musical), Mick Tucker (Tank); Guest vocals - Patti Russo (Meatloaf, Cher).

The album was recorded at various studios in Florida, Germany, and Scotland but most of the production was handled in Sweden with Pontus Norgren (Hammerfall) at the helm.
 
Metal Mind Productions set the release date for the 24th of October in Europe and the 8th of November in USA (via MVD).
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Come Taste the Band
2. Time  Machine
3. Dreams Lie Down and Die
4. Lonely
5. Land of the Deceiver
6. Secret Jesus
7. Sea of Emotion
8. Catz got yer Tongue
9. Living on the Cheap
10. Times like These
 
 
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Michael Schenker "Temple Of Rock" To Be Released on CD and LP October 11, 2011 via MVD Entertainment Group

US Tour Dates with Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West set for October
 
Michael Schenker, a true purveyor first-class hard guitar rock, is set to release the aptly titled "Temple of Rock" on October 11 on CD, digital formats, and vinyl. He will also be touring with Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West on the 3 Guitar Heroes tour (complete schedule below).
 
The list of Schenker's successes is extensive... As a young man he lent his very special sound, together with his brother Rudolf, to the Scorpions, which later made the band one of the first real international hard rock stars from Germany. In the 70s, he similarly helped the British rock legends U.F.O. to their definitive breakthrough, turning songs like "Rock Bottom" or "Doctor, Doctor" into hits everyone knows. 
 
In 1980, it was time for him to form the first band of his own... The Michael Schenker Group, or MSG for short. Some of the world's best musicians were asembled, cavorting with founding members such as Gary Barden, Don Airey or Simon Phillips. Not forgetting that no one less that Roger Glover from Deep Purple manned the production console for the first record. Since then, the three letters MSG have become a synonym for honest, hand-crafted and impelling premium hard rock.
 
Now, after extensive touring, and following a well-earned rest, Schenker has returned with his group to add a new jewel to his creative work. Names such as Pete Way, Wayne Findlay, Neil Murray and Chris Slade still represent the highest of standards and get aficionados' heartbeats racing. One of the biggest treats is his collaboration with the former Scorpions drummer, Herman "the German" Rarebell, as well as his beloved brother Rudolf. And yet the list is even longer with Doogie White (former member of the Rainbows), Super drummer Carmine Appice and Elliott Tichy. However the one name missing in 2011 is Gary Barden. Michael Voss, the new vocalist, is more than "just" a replacement. The experienced producer and singer showed just what he is capable of during the last MSG tour.
 
Schenker says: "The Temple of Rock is within me where I create since I was introduced to the amazing invention of the distorted Guitar which is for me the most enjoyable and the best possible way to express myself. The Rock Guitar Sound that I fell in love with, mostly expressed as Lead break, is what I have nurtured and treasured all of my life. Combined with the infinite spring from within and the amazing musicians around me I keep expressing an ongoing development of my Art(Being). With Temple of Rock I am entering a new stage of my life, a new level of existence enjoying life more than ever, reaping the joy of all sorts of developments from the past.
Also, it seems to me that collectively, with true expressive makers of Rock Music, we have been building the external Temple Of Rock for many years and have now come to the point of putting on the roofing and celebrating the almost completion of the Temple. All generations of this period are meeting all over the world on one stage it seems celebrating an Era of 'Hand Made Rock' which will never be the same again due to invention of new technology but of course New Temples and New Wonders will arise to enjoy expressions in new ways."
 
 Check out the single "Miss Claustrophobia" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6YDXtAotNE
 
Schenker will be joining Uli Jon Roth and Leslie West on the 3 Guitar Heroes tour. Upcoming dates for 2011 in the USA include:
October 6 - Norfolk - CT - Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
October 7 - Albany - NY - The Egg
October 8 - Ridgefield - CT - The Ridgefield Playhouse
October 9 - Plymouth - NH - The Flying Monkey
October 12 - Foxborough - MA - Showcase Live
October 13 - Asbury Park - NJ - Stone Pony
October 14 - New York - NY - Irving Plaza
October 15 - Philadelphia - PA - Theatre of Living Arts
October 16 - Westbury - NY - NYCB Theatre At Westbury
October 18 - Silver Spring - MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
October 19 - Baltimore - MD - Sound Stage
October 20 - Cleveland - OH - House of Blues
October 21 - Cincinnati - OH - Bogart's
October 22 - Indianapolis - IN - Egyptian Room
October 26 - Milwaukee - WI - The Pabst Theater
October 27 - Chicago - IL - House of Blues
November 4 - Dallas - TX - House of Blues
November 5 - Houston - TX - House of Blues
November 11 - Las Vegas - NV - Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
 
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