BLOOD ORANGE TOURS WITH FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE Hear the Mike Simonetti remix of "Champagne Coast"

Devonte Hynes returns with his latest moniker Blood Orange and revisits the material from his critically lauded 2011 album, Coastal Grooves.  Dev is taking time out of his busy production schedule (Theophilus London, Solange Knowles, Teenagers) to bring his own 80s funk infused sound of Brooklyn to a city near you in support of Florence and the Machine. In honor of this charmed lineup, take a listen to fan favorite "Champagne Coast" remixed by Mike Simonetti (Italians Do It Better / Troubleman Unlimited / Bleeding Knees Club).

Champagne Coast (Mike Simonetti remix) by DominoRecordCo

Apr 14 - Santa Babara Bowl, Santa Babara, CA

Apr 15 - Coachella Festival, Indio, CA

Apr 17 - Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, NV

Apr 18 - Mondavi Center - UC Davis, Davis, CA

Apr 20 - Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ

Apr 21 - The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

Apr 22 - Coachella Festival, Indio, CA

Apr 27 - Hennepin Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

Apr 28 - Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI

Apr 29 - Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO

May 1 - Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX

May 2 - Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX

May 3 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA

May 8 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY

May 11 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT

May 12 - Borgata Spa & Resort Event Center, Atlantic City, NJ

LAMB OF GOD’s Willie Adler and All Axess Join Forces to Launch Official Willie Adler Website

Premier online guitar community All Axess (www.allaxess.com) and Willie Adler have joined forces to launch the official Willie Adler website at www.willieadler.com.

In a recent video about the site, Willie Adler said, “I’m going to be updating the site personally on a regular basis from the road, while recording or while I’m at home. I will be giving personal tours of my gear, specs on everything, anything new I might be coming out with, even just the music I’m currently listening to. This is the place for all things Willie.”

It does not stop there, as the ever-growing guitar community is now managing social media for world renowned guitarists; through Twitter, Facebook and developing ‘Official’ websites. All Axess has promised a relationship between professional guitarists and fans alike that is revolutionary and exists nowhere else on the World Wide Web.

With the launch of Willie Adler's official website, All Axess has once again expanded on its goal of creating a more interactive online guitar community. In addition, All Axess will continue to bring the viewer lessons from professionals, rig rundowns and a consistent blog and news section.

Jeff Kendrick, the site's co-owner states, “In response to the ever growing social media revolution, All Axess has now initiated the management and collaboration with professional guitarists in the development and management of their official Facebook, Twitter, Youtube accounts and websites. We are very pleased to announce the recent collaboration with Willie Adler as the inaugural guitarist of our social media program. LAMB OF GOD is one of the most respected metal bands in the world and Willie is one of the most sought after guitarists in the metal genre. All Axess is continuing its reign as one of the largest forces on the net for guitar playing and the guitarist lifestyle. All Axess is creating a place where fans can go to find out information about their favorite guitarists, leave comments and also ask them questions with a very realistic chance that their favorite guitarist will respond.”

For more information, visit www.allaxess.com and www.willieadler.com.

Red Wanting Blue premieres "Audition" music video as new album makes Billboard debut

Columbus, Ohio’s Red Wanting Blue has released the video for “Audition” from its just-released studio album From The Vanishing Point.  The clip was shot at a hometown gig at theNewport Music Hall on October 13^th, 2011 and in addition to eight professional videographers, the clip was also shot by the band’s fans.  Encouraged to shoot the song with their smart phones, fans were then asked to send in the footage.  Lots of these submissions made it into the final clip.  It’s just another way that Red Wanting Blue engages its loyal audience and gives them a chance to be part of it all.

The fans are generous too, helping Red Wanting Blue achieve a career milestone as From The Vanishing Point made its Billboard debut in the Top 10 on the Billboard “Heatseekers” chart.  From The Vanishing Point is the band’s first album of new songs since 2008’s These Magnificent Miles which was re-issued in 2010 after Red Wanting Blue signed with Fanatic Records, an EMI/Caroline-distributed record label based in New York City.  The album’s latest single “White Snow” has just been released to radio around the country.

Red Wanting Blue has amassed a loyal following in and around the Midwest since being formed by its leader, songwriter and vocalist, Scott Terry while in college in Ohio in the late 90’s.  Fans of the band are used to its records being “released” when they are manufactured, so a proper record label set up time was something new for them.  To appease Red Wanting Blue’s followers, the label posted a Soundcloud stream of the album ahead of the release date, which has since amassed nearly 150,000 track plays.

Red Wanting Blue will return to one of its strongholds, the House of Blues in Cleveland, for a headlining show on February 4^th, a return to World Café Live in Philadelphia is scheduled for 2/19, and then it’s back to NYC to headline Rockwood Music Hall on February 22^nd.  The band’s last performance in NYC was also a sold-out show.  Red Wanting Blue is scheduled to perform several times on the 2012 edition of The Rock Boat sailing from New Orleans to Cozumel, Mexico from March 1^st through the 5^th as well.

Scott Terry of Red Wanting Blue is available for interviews.  Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Red Wanting Blue Live

01/26 Youngstown, OH @ Youngstown State University
01/27 Wheeling, WV @ Wheeling Jesuit University
01/28 Youngstown, OH @ Cedars
01/31 Clarksburg, WV @ PJ Kelly’s
02/02 Indianapolis, IN @ Super Bowl Village, Meridian Stage (at Meridian and Georgia Streets) Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee Party
02/03 Cleveland, OH @ “Fox 8 News in the Morning” Television Appearance
02/03 Findlay, OH @ Nino’s
02/04 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
02/07 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
02/08 Ames, IA @ Mother’s Pub
02/09 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
02/10 Kearney, NE @ Cunningham’s Journal
02/11 Kearney, NE @ Cunningham’s Journal
02/16 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
02/17 Cambridge, MA @ The Loft
02/18 Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
02/19 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
02/22 New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
02/23 Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java
02/24 Murphy, NC @ Murphy’s Grill
02/26 Columbia, NC @ New Brookland Tavern
02/27 Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar
03/01 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/02 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/03 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/04 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/05 Cozumel, Mexico @ The Rock Boat
03/09 Raleigh, NC @ Pour House
03/10 Roanoke, VA @ Awful Arthur’s

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Red Wanting Blue

From The Vanishing Point

(Fanatic Records – Out Now)

Request: FULL LP

Track Listing:

01. Stay On The Bright Side

02. Audition (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)

03. White Snow (STREAM)

04. Playlist

05. Love Remains

06. Cocaine

07. Walking Shoes

08. Dinosaur

09. Running of The Bulls

10 Ballad of Nobodies

11. Hope On A Rope

12. Pour It Out

13. My Name Is Death

PRETTY LIGHTS RELEASES “WE MUST GO ON” SINGLE AND SELF-PRODUCED MUSIC VIDEO

Derek Vincent Smith (aka Pretty Lights) has just released a new classic sounding PL track titled “We Must Go On”, along with a self-made music video that displays the artist’s innovative nature as he continues to push the boundaries of the title Producer. The track is a soulful hip-hop jam, laced with a vocal hook that is uplifting, reflective, optimistic, and hauntingly beautiful all at the same time. The video expresses and channels emotions in a beautiful collage of shots that capture little moments in people's lives, from the joyous, to the innocent, to the desperate. It does so with an editing style based on quickly cut shots, and extremely precise synchronicity with the music, so much so that the audio and video become one. Derek collaborated with Krystle Blackburn (PLM's Creative Director) to create this new style of music video. According to Smith, “…the creation of this track and video is also an artistic explanation as to why I chose the name “Pretty Lights” for my musical project.  It embodies the essence of the artistic eye and the idea that almost any moment, anywhere, can be a moment of inspiration and beauty.” For more info on Pretty Lights and free album downloads, visit the official PLM site.

Upcoming Pretty Lights Tour Dates 3/23 - ULTRA Music Festival - Miami, FL 3/31 - Lollapalooza Chile - Santiago, Chile 4/8  - Lollapalooza Brazil - São Paulo, Brazil 5/25 - 5/27 - Summer Camp Music Festival - Chillicothe, Illinois 5/31 - 6/3 – Wakarusa Music Festival - Ozark, Arkansas

Pretty Lights - We Must Go On (official music video) from Pretty Lights Music on Vimeo.

CANNIBAL CORPSE: Torture Pre-Orders Available Now

Death metal overlords CANNIBAL CORPSE will unearth their twelfth slab of audio devastation to North American fans on March 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records. Listed among Decibel Magazine's "Top 25 Most Anticipated Extreme Records Of 2012," the aptly titled Torture was again produced by Hate Eternal's Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and features the goretorn cover art by longtime CANNIBAL CORPSE artist, Vincent Locke. Check out the full packaging at THIS LOCATION.

Several Torture pre-order packages are currently available to North American fans through the band's OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE (where you'll also get the chance to check out first single "Demented Aggression").

Pre-Order Packages Include:

1. CD digipak with die-cut "o" card + 12-page booklet

2. Two-sided vinyl picture disc

3. A limited edition box set which includes a "Torture" figurine + CD digipak with die-cut "o" card

4. CD + T-Shirt

5. Box Set + T-Shirt

6. CD + Vinyl + T-Shirt

7. Box Set + Vinyl + T-Shirt

http://www.metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse
https://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse
http://www.metalblade.com

MAGIC CASTLES RELEASE DOUBLE ALBUM MARCH 20th, 2012

Magic Castles are set to release their eponymous double album on March 20th, 2012 through ‘a’ Records.  Along with individual shows in the Midwest, the band is slated to join Brian Jonestown Massacre on the East Coast tour of the United States in 2012.

“Death Dreams:” http://soundcloud.com/magic-castles/death-dreams

“Ballad Of The Golden Bird:” http://soundcloud.com/magic-castles/ballad-of-the-golden-bird

View the psychotropic video for “Ballad Of The Golden Bird:” http://youtu.be/LzytADGpfRA

Magic Castles have self-released three albums (two in 2009), all of which are currently out of print. But through word of mouth and blogs, the band’s profile spread and a YouTube video was passed to the legendary Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre) via his Ustream.tv outlet, We Are The Radio/Dead TV experimental social media phenomenon in 2010.

Anton Newcombe remembers, "The song that introduced me to Magic Castles was ‘Ballad of the Golden Bird.’ I really think it is special, so much so, I decided to ask the group if I could release this record through my label, ‘a’ Records. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do..."

Magic Castles are a band from Minneapolis, Minnesota that was abruptly formed in 2006 by Jason Edmonds, with the help of guitarist, Jeremiah Doering and bassist, Paul Fuglestad plusa rotating cast of players and friends. Lyrically concerned with trolls, golden birds, and other creatures conjured from the lands of the mushroomed mind (otherwise known as “mysticore”), the band takes a journey-is-better-than-the destination approach.

Inspired by Spacemen 3, Skygreen Leopards, Galaxie 500, the band combines warm Farfisa drones with hazy guitars and bright vocal harmonies to create something similar without sounding redundant.  Whether it be storybook psych, mildewy dark garage, or forest folk, the band crafts its songs using an expansive approach that deftly oscillates between traditional song form and stretched-out, slowly unwinding abstract passages, managing both poles without a smudge of awkwardness. 

Sit back, light up a smoke and enjoy!

MAGIC CASTLES ARE:

Jason Edmonds (guitar & vocals)

Jeremiah Doering (guitar & vocals)

Paul Fuglestad (bass)

Noah Skogerboe (keyboards & vocals)

Brendan McInerney (drums)

Matt Van Genderen (drums)

Magic Castles DOUBLE LP-Track Listing / Available on 180 gram Black virgin vinyl.

SIDE A - 1) Death Dreams 2) Now I'm a Little Cloud 3) Imaginary Friends

SIDE B –1) Ballad of the Golden Bird, 2) All My Prayers...

SIDE C – 1) Songs of the Forest 2) 10,100 3) Letterbox 

SIDE D –1) Big Sur  2) Mystical Sage Warrior 3) Emory's Memories

Magic Castles CD Track Listing

1) Death Dreams  2) Now I'm a Little Cloud  3) Imaginary Friends  4) Ballad of the Golden Bird  5) All My Prayers... 6) Songs of the Forest 7) 10,100 8) Letterbox  9) Big Sur 10) Mystical Sage Warrior 11) Emory's Memories

DISCOGRAPHY

Lore of Mysticore (May 2008) (out of print – available on iTunes)

Dreams of Dreams of Dreams (released May 2009) (out of print)

Songs of the Forest ~  (October 2009) (out of print– available on iTunes)

http://listn.to/MAGICCASTLES  

http://soundcloud.com/magic-castles

RED FANG - New Video Released

Touring Europe With Mastodon Now

Portland, Oregon's RED FANG are premiering their new video today on YouTube for "Hank Is Dead", which is taken from their critically acclaimed release Murder The Mountains.RED FANG worked with director extraordinaire, Whitey McConnaughy on the video. Drummer John Sherman spoke about the "Hank is Dead" video: "Another great concept from the brilliant mind of Whitey McConnaughy. This one came together super quick with the help of some insane Portland locals and their sick air guitar skills. We basically just threw a big party and had a blast while a bunch of cameras ran. That is my shower Aaron and Bryan and Bobcat are in at the intro, btw. It still has a weird ring around it..." RED FANG are currently on tour in Europe with Mastodon. The tour runs through February 11th in London and includes RED FANG headline dates in addition to the shows with Mastodon. RED FANG are streaming Murder The Mountains in its entirety at this location. The band recorded Murder The Mountains with THE DECEMBERISTS' Chris Funk and the album was mixed by three-time Grammy Award winner Vance Powell (WHITE STRIPES, THE RACONTEURS). Murder The Mountains is now available on CD, 12" vinyl, and deluxe digital. RED FANG is available for interviews upon request. To speak with the band, please contact the relevant publicity contact listed below. Updated RED FANG news and tour information will be made available at the Relapse Records website, the RED FANG Facebook and RED FANG Official Site. RED FANG EUROPEAN TOUR WITH MASTODON 1/26 ITA, Milan venue tba   1/27 GER, Stuttgart Juha West* 1/28 SWI, Zurich Xtra 1/29 GER, Frankfurt Batschkapp 1/30 GER, Munich Backstage Halle 1/31 GER, Berlin C-Club 2/1 GER, Osnabruck Bastard Club* 2/2 GER, Cologne Essigfabrik 2/3 HOL, Tilburg 013 2/4 FRA, Le Havre Le Mate L'Eau* 2/5 ENG, Bristol Academy 2/6 ENG, Manchester Academy 2/7 SCO, Glasgow Barrowland 2/9 Norwich, UEA 2/10 ENG, Birmingham Institute 2/11 ENG, London Brixton Academy *Denotes headlining dates*

Terry Malts shares new track, announces new tour dates

After careful, weeklong consideration, Terry Malts (San Francisco, CA) have decided to go forth and record a debut LP as per the request of Slumberland Records.  Displaying a slick, intelligent take on modern chainsaw pop,  TIME certainly lives up to its name!

The wrong turns that led us here: a 6-song cassette (Log Lady; 2010, now in its second pressing), and two 7" singles (both Slumberland; 2011). 

Who is/are/was/will be Terry Malts?  A yellow-pages private dick has gleaned the following: Corey Cunningham (guitar, backing vox), by way of Dickson, TN-cum-cardboard-box-in-Toronto, was asked to housesit in Fresno, CA.  Duties fulfilled, he shot north on a graffiti trip to 924 Gilman St. and immediately bonded with fellow men's room "artists" Phil Benson (bass guitar, lead vox) and the unfortunately-named Nathan Sweatt (drums, backing vox).  

Hands shook, vibes exchanged; the trio felt compelled to distill their energy into a unified voice.  Terry's gospel is succinct, direct, sincere, and timed expertly with next year's looming apocalypse: life is hopeless, enjoy!  

With a live reputation that bleeds funky "Punk" attitude, I've been told this urgency has been crammed into the TM studio edition.  Recorded by a machine, then expertly mixed by human being Monte Vallier (Weekend, Young Prisms), this music may compel you to type the following buzzwords into your blog (which, I LOVE, by the way!): catchy, husky, hunky, sharp, blue-collar, rocking, hockey-rock, working-class, perfect, near-perfect, not-half-bad, and/or not-bad.

It's an album, it's a lifestyle, it's a 34-minute hour of pure, unadulterated Malts... alright?

- Matthew Kallman

   

TERRY MALTS

01/27 Daly City, CA Serra Bowl $*
02/17 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern * RECORD RELEASE #
02/23 Chico, CA Duffy's Tavern
02/24 San Diego, CA Tower Bar *%
02/25 Fullerton, CA Burger Records *%
02/26 Los Angeles, CA The Echo PART TIME PUNKS *%
03/09 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop &

* = w/ Permanent Collection
% = w/ Dead Angle
$ = w/ Surf Club
# = w/ Airfix Kits and Cocktails
& = w/ Crocodiles and Bleeding Rainbow

   

 

Terry Malts 

Killing Time

(Slumberland Records)

Release Date: February 21, 2012

1. Something About You

2. Not Far From It

3. Where Is The Weekend?

4. Tumble Down

5. No Sir, I'm Not A Christian

6. Waiting Room

7. I'm Neurotic

8. Nauseous

9. Mall Dreams

10. No Good For You

11. I Do

12. What Was It

13. Can't Tell No One

14. No Big Deal

  

 

Terry Malts 

Something About You 7"

(Slumberland Records)

Release Date: October 11, 2011

A. Something About You
B1. No Sir, I'm Not A Christian

B2. Fun Night

TERRY MALTS LINKS:

MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/terrymalts 

Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/TERRYMALTSHUH 

Facebook -  http://www.facebook.com/terrymalts  

Label Site - http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/ 

Mark Stewart vs. Primal Scream

“Starting out as a teenager in the late 70s with the Pop Group and thru the 80’s with the Maffia up to his new solo record, Mark Stewart has led the attack on conformist reality.  Mark is a constant inspiration and a true Thief of Fire.  A poet of paranoia and a great laugh.  What a guy.” – Primal Scream

Approaching the release of his eagerly anticipated album The Politics of Envy (due out March 26^th via Future Noise Music), Mark Stewart has joined forces with fellow subversive musical compatriot Bobby Gillespie and his band, Primal Scream, to release the video for his first single ‘Autonomia.’

Directed by Douglas Hart, founding member and bassist of The Jesus and Mary Chain, the video exhibits a raw, riotous & feverish vivacity infused with the artists’ trademark punk rock ethos to convey the song’s deep political message.

Written about Carlo Giuliani, an autonomist protestor killed in the 2001 G8 demonstrations in Genoa, 'Autonomia' features Bobby Gillespie's frenetic call-and-response chant with Stewart.  Stewart explains that when he started writing the song “it was kind of like a protest song ... afterwards I started getting on with Bobby and I asked Adrian [Sherwood] about doing it.  It’s important that people hear about the story, it’s the message and the atmosphere as much as anything."  ‘Autonomia’ the single will be released through Future Noise Music on February 20^th.

Hart, who has been orchestrating music videos for over 30 years, has directed over 80 videos, including a number of videos for Primal Scream. Recently he directed a semi autobiographical short film entitled “Long Distance Information” which was screened at the 2011 London Film Festival.

Joining Bobby Gillespie and Primal Scream on the album is cult film-maker Kenneth Anger, original Clash/PiL guitarist Keith Levene, NYC punk innovator Richard Hell, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Gina Birch of the Raincoats, Slits bassist Tessa Pollitt, Jesus And Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart, Factory Floor, and Daddy G of Massive Attack. 

www.markstewartmusic.com

www.twitter.com/_markstewart

www.facebook.com/markstewartmusic

www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

NOTHNEGAL Posts Second ‘Decadence’ Album Trailer New Album ‘Decadence’ Hits Stores in North America on February 28th, 2012

Melodic progressive metal powerhouse NOTHNEGAL has posted a second Decadence album trailer for your viewing pleasure! Get a new glimpse of Decadence on Season of Mist's YouTube channel. You can also download the song ‘Janus’ for free.

Decadence is available on Season of Mist's e-shop as a limited digipak edition. Each copy from the first pressing of the album comes with a unique code that can allow you to win a trip to the Maldives! Check out more information at nothnegal.net.

NOTHNEGAL is set to release their new album Decadence internationally on January 20^th, 2012, but have recently delayed the release of their album in North America to February 28^th, 2012. Decadence is mixed by Greg Reely (Fear Factory, Machine Head, DevilDriver) and Ahti Kortelainen (Sentenced, Sonarta Arctica). Decadence marks the first official full-length release from NOTHNEGAL.

NOTHNEGAL will be performing select dates in India this winter. See below for all currently booked dates:

01 Feb 12 Pune (IN) Amanora Park Town w/ Poets of the Fall

03 Feb 12 Hyderabad (IN) One Flight Down

05 Feb 12 Bangalore (IN) Summerstorm Festival w/ Opeth

07 Feb 12 Male' (MV) Lecute Halha w/ Opeth

For more information about NOTHNEGAL, please visit these websites:

http://nothnegal.net

http://facebook.com/nothnegal

http://twitter.com/nothnegal

http://myspace.com/nothnegal