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Anarbor Announces Spring Tour

Phoenix, AZ pop-rock band Anarbor (www.myspace.com/anarbor) has been canvassing the country with Cute Is What We Aim For, Breathe Carolina, Meg & Dia and Every Avenue, as part of the 2009 Sub City Take Action Tour, Presented by FYE, and as this year’s trek winds down April 1 in Cincinnati, OH the boys [...]

Duff McKagan Premieres Video From Loaded

Duff McKagan’s Loaded have just premiered the video for “Flatline,” the first single from their forthcoming album, Sick. The band features McKagan, the former Guns N’ Roses and current Velvet Revolver bassist on vocals and guitar. This clip features the high flying camera work of Director Thomas Mignone, who is [...]

Black Water Rising Hit It Big at High Times Awards

Last weekend at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, TX, New York rockers BLACK WATER RISING won the High Times Doobie Award for “Best Rock/Alternative Artist,” beating out such tough competition as Staind, Eagles of Death Metal, The Mars Volta, Danko Jones, and Warrior Soul. The award was presented to the band by Doug [...]

Lacuna Coil Premiere Video For Spellbound

Italian hard-rockers LACUNA COIL have just premiered the video for “Spellbound” on www.ArtistDirect.com today. The clip was directed by Saku and filmed at the Dolce & Gabbana Gold restaurant in Milan, Italy.
Cristina Scabbia (vocals) comments: “We had a great time shooting the video for ‘Spellbound’ and it also marks our [...]

Steel Panther Spit on All But Metal

Hollywood hair metal dreamers Steel Panther have launched an all out attack on the pop mainstream with their newest video “Death to All But Metal”. Asserting their alpha male dominance with plenty of hairspray, spandex, and sick stage moves, Steel Panther have taken shots against anyone NOT flying the hair metal flag.

Vans Warped Tour Announces Bands and Dates

It’s not summer until the Vans Warped Tour® Presented by AT&T begins. The annual punk rock extravaganza celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and organizers are promising the most memorable jaunt yet for North America’s longest-running touring festival. The 46-date tour commences June 26 in Pomona, CA and finishes August 23 in Carson, CA [...]

Pennywise and Pepper To Co-Headline Jagermeister Tour

Stage dive into spring with the Jägermeister Music Tour! Jägermeister is teaming up with legendary American punk band, Pennywise and dub rock trio, Pepper for this year’s spring Jägermeister Music Tour. The tour kicks off on April 13th in Seattle, Washington.

Jenny Owen Youngs To Release Transmitter Failure

Jenny Owen Youngs is back with her second album, Transmitter Failure due May 26. This record is a bold departure from her 2007 release Batten The Hatches, which thrust Youngs into the spotlight (and won her a record deal with Nettwerk) when her song “Fuck Was I” was featured on the [...]

Artist of the Week: Mastodon

Today is the day that’s been circled on your calendar for weeks. Today is the day that Mastodon’s Crack The Skye is released upon the Earth!
CRACK THE SKYE is available in two packages from iTunes. The Standard Version and a Deluxe Version, which includes the CRACK THE SKYE digital album, plus the entire album presented [...]

Madina Lake Premiere Video For “Never Take Us Alive”

Chicago alt-rock troupe, MADINA LAKE just premiered the video for “Never Take Us Alive” on MySpace today. The clip was directed by Shane Drake who has also worked with Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Timbaland among others. The song comes off Madina Lake’s sophomore album, Attics to Eden, [...]

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