MOVEMENT NEW ISSUE!

New issue out now! http://www.movementmagazine.com/

IO ECHO in Jacksonville

Fresh off two weekends at Coachella, a tour with alt-gods Garbage and a whirlwind stint at SXSW, IO ECHO are bringing their haze-pop, Japenese kotos and holgraphic custom made Jeremy Scott kimonos to Jack Rabbits on 5/4. IO ECHO will be playing tracks off their debut, Ministry of Love.

In the meantime, check out the incredible interactive video for "Ministry of Love": http://noisey.vice.com/blog/watch-io-echos-dazzling-new-interactive-video-for-ministry-of-love

"OUTSIDERS" VIDEO
http://www.thefader.com/2012/12/07/video-io-echo-outsiders/

"WHEN THE LILLIES DIE" VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idHawp3cYSc

"BERLIN, IT'S ALL A MESS" VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDmlT4Qq2vc

VOODOO 2013: PEARL JAM and NINE INCH NAILS headline 15th Anniversary Celebration

PEARL JAM, NINE INCH NAILS, CALVIN HARRIS, BASSNECTAR, PARAMORE, MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS AN MORE ANNOUNCED AS FIRST 15 ACTS OF VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NOVEMBER 1, 2 AND 3

VOODOO 2013 FIRST-EVER LIVE EVENT
IN ITS NEW HOME:
NEW ORLEANS’ CITY PARK FESTIVAL GROUNDS

15 magical years.
2000 acts.
Over one million guests.
 
Unforgettable Halloween weekends in the city where music never stops, New Orleans.

This November, the VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE will celebrate its 15th anniversary November 1, 2 and 3 with a line-up led by headliners Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails.

For Pearl Jam, this will be the band’s VOODOO debut and their first show in the city since 2010.  This performance will mark Nine Inch Nails’ fourth appearance at VOODOO.  NIN’s Trent Reznor, a former New Orleans resident who was given the keys to the city when NIN played a free, post-Katrina Voodoo in 2005, is re-launching Nine Inch Nails since going on hiatus in 2009.

“Recently I haven't spent nearly enough time in my favorite city in the world and I'm happy to announce I'm bringing Nine Inch Nails to New Orleans for Voodoo,” says Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.

“New Orleans is one of the most musically and culturally rich cities in the world,” says Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready.  “We've played some of our most memorable shows there and can't wait to return this November.  I am personally looking forward to seeing my friends Steve and Michel Gleason. I'm also stoked to see my friend Steve Rehage, eat some gumbo and maybe go get a tattoo at Electric Ladyland or shop for records at Peaches!”

Here are the first 15 VOODOO 2013 acts: Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Calvin Harris, Bassnectar, Paramore, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Afrojack, Boys Noize, The Gaslight Anthem, Big Gigantic, How To Destroy Angels, Cults, Alkaline Trio, Desaparecidos and Robert DeLong.  VOODOO’s annual line-up features top-tier and innovative artists from a variety of musical genres which reflects the multitude of cultures that define this historic and beloved American city.  Once again, concert-goers will worship the music at VOODOO’s six unique performance areas, each of which is enhanced by the use of interactive art.

“Each year Voodoo is an independent roll of the dice--with its own challenges…and memories,” says Stephen Rehage, the founder/producer of VOODOO.  “The few times I allow myself to reflect on what Voodoo has accomplished in 15 years, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to do what I love with a team of incredibly talented people who work every year to create  the experience.  And we're just getting warmed up for Halloween weekend in New Orleans.”

Credentials and camping passes for VOODOO 2013 are available now via www.worshipthemusic.com.  Prices (as of April 15) are as follows: Three-day weekend credentials: $175; Loa VIP credentials: $500; Loa VIP credentials with parking: $550.  Camping options include:  Weekend Camping for (2) two persons for $50; Weekend Camping for (2) two persons with parking for $65.  This option allows campers to arrive to their 12x12 site with their own tent.  Amenities include:  24-hour security, medical assistance, AM and PM food trucks and other activities.  Loa VIP Camping (luxury camping) for two (2) persons (including artist credentials for the special behind the fences access and Loa privileges) for $2,500.  These ready-to-go, pre-built safari tents include beds, linens, furniture, carpet, electricity, reserved parking, premium showers, bathrooms, 24-hour security and medical assistance, breakfast, late night snacks and more.

The 15th anniversary VOODOO celebration will also mark the debut of City Park’s Festival Grounds, a new permanent home for VOODOO.  Home to the VOODOO since its 1999 debut--with the exception of 2005 VOODOO which was displaced by the city’s hurricane damage--New Orleans’ 1,300 acre City Park is the region’s principal recreation site that attracts over seven million visitors each year.

More details about the credential options and the most up-to-date information on VOODOO 2013 can be found at www.worshipthemusic.com. 2013 VOODOO partners include: Toyota, Bud Light, Fuse, Slacker and American Rag.  The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience is a Rehage Entertainment Event.

For more information, check out the following sites:
www.worshipthemusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/voodooexperience

CRYSTAL CASTLES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘AFFECTION’ ON MAY 28

 

U.S HEADLINING TOUR BEGINS APRIL 13, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR'S BALL & LOLLAPALOOZA

CONFIRM U.S TOUR DATES WITH DEPECHE MODE THIS FALL

 

Almost 6 months since their last stint on the road in the U.S, Crystal Castles are making a welcomed return this summer with a 21-date headlining tour in continued support of their latest album (III) (Republic/Fiction/Casablanca).

The third official single from their critically acclaimed and most commercially successful full-length will be the slow-groove, big beat and beautiful track ‘Affection’.

In other news Crystal Castles are thrilled to confirm they will be joining Depeche Mode on the road this September, and have confirmed dates at The Governor’s Ball in NYC, Lollapallooza in Chicago and Glastonbury Festival in the UK this summer.

(III) is available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and in all good record stores across the U.S.


NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES - BUY TICKETS
04/17 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
04/19 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
04/20 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
04/21 – Austin Music Hall – Austin, TX
04/22 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
04/24 – Marquee Theater – Phoenix, AZ
04/25 – Fox Theater – Pomona, CA
04/26 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
04/27 – Fox Theater – San Francisco, CA
04/29 – Roseland Ballroom – Portland, OR
04/30 – Moore Theater – Seattle, WA
05/02 – Gothic Theater – Denver, CO
05/03 – Liberty Hall –Lawrence, KS
05/05 – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
05/06 – Turner Hall – Milwaukee, WI
05/07 – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
05/09 – Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
05/10 – NorVa – Norfolk, VA
05/11 – Ram’s Head – Baltimore, MD
05/13 – House of Blues – Boston, MA
06/07 – Governors Ball Music Festival - New York, NY
08/02,3,4 – Lollapallooza Festival – Chicago, IL
09/22 – Sleep Train Amphitheater – San Diego, CA*
09/24 – Santa Barbara County Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA*
09/26 – Shoreline Amphitheater – Mountain View, CA*
More date TBA * with Depeche Mod

GWAR CONFIRMS DATE AND INITIAL BAND LINEUP FOR 4th ANNUAL GWAR-B-Q

On Tour Now!

Antarctic rock-gods GWAR today released the first line-up for this year's GWAR-B-Q, located at Hadad's Water Park in Richmond, VA. This year sees the event entering its fourth consecutive year while offering its most bone-crushing line-up yet, setting the stage for what will certainly be the most massive GWAR-B-Q in the history of the human or any other race!

The event is scheduled to take place Saturday August 17th, 2013 at Hadad's Water Park in Richmond, VA, located at 7900 Osbourne Turnpike. Doors will open at 10:00 AM and the first band will hit the stage at 11:00 AM. For more information be sure to visit: http://gwarbq.com/. Ticket information will be announced shortly.

Local faves and international thrashers Municipal Waste will provide main support to the mighty GWAR, and in turn will be supported by a plethora of devastating acts like Corrosion of Conformity, Pig Destroyer, Cannabis Corpse, Loincloth, Kung-Fu Dykes and many more. Once again Hadad's will host not one but TWO stages which will be packed with bands all day...and finally there are rumors of a yet-to-be-announced act that will put this year's GWAR-B-Q 2013 completely over the top!

"Once again we blow the horn of war and set into motion the gears that grind us towards the greatest GWAR-B-Q yet," said unrepentantly horny front-thing Oderus Urungus, fresh off debuting GWAR's new "GWAR-B-Q" sauce at a strongly attended event at the world-famous Grinders in Kansas City (see more details HERE). "We will not only be rockin' like Dokken and slippin' the cock in, but we will shoving a wealth of GWAR products down your throat...not only our new GWAR-B-Q sauce, but our very own beer, Impaled Ale! Eat and drink yourself into a diabetic stupor, then puke it all up in the slam pit! It's gonna fucking rule!"

That's right, the 4th annual GWAR-B-Q is poised to make yet another stinky mess in the crotch of today's scene--BE THERE OR SUFFER THE SHAME OF BEING INCREDIBLY PATHETIC!

In other Slave Pit news GWAR is wrapping up a new album, their 13th, which is the band's first since the passing of longtime guitarist Cory Smoot in late 2011. Coming out later this year, the album features the debut of Pustulus Maximus, cousin of the mighty departed one, Flattus Maximus. The band kicks off their tour tonight in Tucson, AZ and will be on the road through April 25th in Jacksonville, FL. These dates will serve as the final leg of the "Fate or Chaos" tour, which chronicles GWAR's epic struggle with an angry God.

The GWAR show on April 17th in Denver (Englewood,CO) will be broadcast live on AXS TV. The broadcast will air at 12:00 AM EST/ 9:00 PM PST. AXS TV is available on: DIRECTV Channel 340, DISH Network Channel 362, AT&T U-Verse Channel 1106, and Verizon FiOS Channel 569. For additional affiliate and distributor channel information including Charter, Comcast Xfinity, Suddenlink and others please visit: www.axs.tv/subscribe.

GWAR "Fate Or Chaos Tour" With Warbeast and Wilson

4/10: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre

4/11: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

4/12: Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Cafe - The Strip

4/13: Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre

4/14: Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory

4/15: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex

4/16: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater & Club

4/17: Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre

4/18: Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Lounge

4/19: Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's

4/20: Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom

4/21: Little Rock, AR @ The Rev Room

4/22: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works

4/23: Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar

4/24: Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theater

4/25: Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Live

6/17: Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion w/ Alice Cooper & Marilyn Manson

8/10: Montreal, QUE @ Heavy MTL

8/11: Philadelphia, PA @ "This is Hardcore Fest"


CHECK OUT GWAR ON THE WEB
http://www.gwar.net
http://www.facebook.com/gwar  

SKINNY PUPPY Ready To Brandish Their "weapon" New Album Out May 28, 2013

“The human animal is a 'weapon',” says SKINNY PUPPPY vocalist niVek ohGr about the eponymous title of their upcoming album (Metropolis Records; release date: May 28, 2013). “Every action and thought, conceived then carried out; whether political, physical or spiritual, has the potential to cause harm and misery; just as the same action, not underwritten with fear and misinformation, but carried by only positive intent would have the opposite effect.”

Standing as a commentary on that which it is named after, Weapon, or more specifically, to the concurrent glorification of the gun culture and simultaneous horror at the devastation guns can cause, the stunning new album tackles the difficult topic in an intelligent and philosophical way without losing track of the music built around it. A return to form of sorts while still pushing forward as Skinny Puppy always has, Weapon is a tour de force whose pop undertones are a compelling counterpoint to the vocals and lyrics that reflect our mass homogenization of an instrument of death into an entertainment centerpiece.

“The human race has been in bondage; boondoggled by the fixed shell game, shill-laden pro lobbyist agenda for nuclear energy,” he continues. “While claiming to be 'clean energy', 96% of what comes out is completely foreign to our planet and completely toxic; it is anything but 'clean'.” It is this sort of intelligent musical discourse that has been Skinny Puppy’s protocol for over three decades. Godfathers of the electro-industrial music scene, Ogre along with cEvin Key have been major voices in issues that plague society, from vivisection to pollution to drugs to even the advent of AIDS. Similarly as our culture dives deeper into the threat of being a firearm-based society, tackling this idea of weaponry as a centralizing focus of society was only natural. “We manufacture weapons ... pure and simple,” Ogre explains. “The idea of boiling water to make steam was only the afterthought and a means to sell this Machiavellian weapons program to the populace.”

Kicking off with “wornin’” in all of its midnight dancefloor glory, Weapon combines all the elements of the genre that they trailblazed – fusing elements of electro, new wave, industrial, and rock. “We had some talk about doing an album with only the tools available at that earlier period of '83,” he says. “What became clear, however, was a need to get back to simple and direct song writing with strong abstract themes that correlate to the deeper concepts within the recording.” From the pulsating rhythm of "illisiT" to the analog synths of "gLowbeL" to the mechanized "tsudanama" with its sonic bends and warps, the album embraces the Skinny Puppy sound wholeheartedly and raises it up a notch. “The disc starts off strong with 'wornin' which happened to be the first track that lit the way on this path that became weapon,” he says. “The two songs following ['iLLisiT' and 'salvo'] are two of my favorites for reasons mentioned in the answer above - simple and direct."

Formed in 1982, Skinny Puppy has gone through many shifts and changes but the duo of cEvin Key and Ogre has always remained constant and consistent. When asked about that consistency, he replies, “The obvious answer being that the two flesh bag components, who first conceptualized Skinny Puppy, are still breathing and eating. What differentiates us perhaps is that we have been lucky to work with very talented artists throughout our careers - fellow bandmate Dwayne Goettel, producers like Dave Ogilvie, Mark Walk, and mixers like Ken Marshall and Adrian Sherwood have aided and helped us contour and hone in our sound; reign in the beast, so to say.”

With a new chapter added to the Skinny Puppy legacy with the upcoming release of this album, the album's subject manner remains front, center and pronto, as it should. With massacres seemingly occurring with more frequency and gun control still a hot button topic in politics, it's fitting that it's a topic they feel needs to be addressed. "Weapons and pharmaceuticals become the last bastion of investment wealth, the last stop for manufacturing in a crumbling power system still promoting mutual assured destruction,” Ogre concludes. "To maim, sicken and control, by genetically radiating and bombing populations back to the Stone Age; then manage the mutations through new medicines while claiming the race for a cure of this self-inflicted environmental disease is right around the corner… Weapons then procure the evolutionary next step. We are weapons.”

Skinny Puppy is niVek ohGr, cEvin Key and Mark Walk. Weapon will be released via Metropolis Records on May 28, 2013.

www.skinnypuppy.com
www.facebook.com/OfficialSkinnyPuppy

ASTRALWERKS RECORDS CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH TWO DECADES OF GROUNDBREAKING MUSIC

Limited Edition Flexi Disc Box Set "Astralwerks: Music In 20/20" to be released on Record Store Day 2013

Includes Rare and Exclusive Tracks by Air, Diamond Rings, Hot Chip, Kings Of Convenience, Kraftwerk, & The Kooks

View the trailer here

(New York, NY – April 5th, 2013) - Founded in 1993 in New York City, Astralwerks Records began as an independent boutique label releasing visionary records that helped ignite two explosive waves of musical creativity: first with Electronica in the '90s, and more recently with EDM in the new millennium. Over the last 20 years, the label has become one of America's pre-eminent homes for unique and forward-thinking artists, nurturing a roster of genre-bending musicians and bands.

To celebrate this 20-year anniversary, Astralwerks is proud to announce the release of a strictly limited edition box set entitled Astralwerks: Music in 20/20, produced exclusively for Record Store Day on April 20th, 2013. The box set spans 20 artists, over 20 years, and includes 20 tracks pressed onto retro-groovy vinyl flexi discs. Included are exclusives or rarely heard bonus tracks from Air, Diamond Rings, Hot Chip, Kings Of Convenience, Kraftwerk and The Kooks. Astralwerks General Manager Glenn Mendlinger observes “Astralwerks is proud to celebrate this important milestone for the label and to document our history in artist development and ground-breaking music.  It is incredible to be a driving force in electronic music and DJ culture for 20 years starting with The Future Sound Of London, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, leading into such iconic legends as Kraftwerk and Pet Shop Boys and landing where we are today with David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia.”  He adds, "This anniversary box set is really only a snapshot, when compared to the entire canon of extraordinary artists we have worked with. The tracks included are a mix of staff and fan favorites, commercial highlights and unsung rarities."

In the Summer of 1993 Astralwerks released its first album - Tales Of Ephidrina by Amorphous Androgynous - a pseudonym of the legendary Future Sound of London, and catalyst for the sub-genre known at the time as 'ambient techno'. A landmark series of compilations called Excursions in Ambience followed, as did Big Beat, Breaks and the early progenitors of tech-house, subsequently spawning classics by some of the most groundbreaking electronic artists of the era - Future Sound Of London, Photek, Spacetime Continuum, and µ-Ziq, to name just a few. As the new millennium dawned, the label added luminaries such as The Beta Band, Beth Orton, doves, Hot Chip, Kings of Convenience, Phoenix and Placebo to its roster, as well as releasing Tour De France, the first new album in 12 years from legendary electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, as well as re-issuing their fabled catalogue.

This box set celebrates many important milestones for the label: Fatboy Slim's You've Come A Long Way Baby was the first DJ album to go platinum in the USA. The Chemical Brothers' "Block Rockin' Beats" was the first track by an electronic artist to win a Grammy ® and crack the Alternative Top 40 Chart.  Astralwerks continued to break new ground by establishing David Guetta as a major mainstream artist in America selling over 11 million singles from the smash album Nothing But The Beat.   The label continues to break uncharted territory as evidenced by its partnership with Swedish House Mafia who became the first-ever DJ artists to sell out Madison Square Garden (in an incredible 10 minutes).

So here we are, 20 years on, and Astralwerks has successfully launched the U.S. careers of many new artists - including Gold Fields, Diamond Rings, Empire of the Sun, NERVO, Eric Prydz, and Swedish House Mafia. As a label, it continues to look to the future, not only within the resurgence of electronic dance music but amidst a continually morphing array of musical genres and artists who continue to break new ground.

Astralwerks: Music in 20/20 Tracklisting:

1: Future Sound of London - The Far Out Son Of Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman (Original 12" Version)

2: The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

3:  The Beta Band - Dry The Rain

4: Fatboy Slim - Praise You

5: Cassius - Cassius 1999

6: Doves - The Cedar Room [Promo-only version previously unreleased in the US]*

7: Kings of Convenience - Winning A Battle, Losing The War (J-Walk Remix) [Previously unreleased in the US]*

8: Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At

9:  Royksopp - Poor Leno

10: Sia - Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)

11: Hot Chip - My Shit's On Fire Right Now [First ever commercial release]*

12: The Kooks - Put Your Back to My Face [Previously unreleased in the US]*

13:  Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

14: David Guetta - Sexy Bitch (feat. Akon)

15: Air - Indian Summer [Previously unreleased in the US]*

16: Kraftwerk - Die Roboter [German language version of "The Robots." Previously unreleased in the US]*

17:  Eric Prydz - Allein

18: Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (feat. John Martin)

19: Diamond Rings - Put Me On (Diamond Dance) [Previously unreleased]

20: Gold Fields - Dark Again

*Exclusive tracks

Crash the Satellites signs record deal

After self-releasing their anticipated second album in June 2012, Jacksonville's Crash the Satellites signed a record deal with Spectra Records.  Their album will be officially released on Spectra Records on May 7, 2013 with worldwide distribution. Until then, the self-titled album is available for listening on their website at crashthesatellites.com