Namesake to Hit the Road With Allstar Weekend For a Summer Tour

Namesake is road ready and revitalized as they get set to embark on a summer tour with Allstar Weekend this summer (full schedule below). The tour kicks off on July 17th in Austin, TX and is in anticipation of the band’s debut album, Boarders & Fences, out on August 7th on Imagen Records. Check them out live performing their single, “Worlds Away,” recently shot at a tour stop at Alrosa Villa in Columbus, OH.

With Borders & Fences, the quintet comes out swinging and they bring a flurry of pummeling rhythms, clench-fisted chords and meaty hooks that connect with each listen as they deliver fast and catchy punk power pop harmonies. Big Smile Magazine says Namesake “redefines the punk pop genre with a modern edge”, while The Examiner calls them “a band that will be heard for years to come.”

Be sure to check out the official video for their first single, “Worlds Away,” (available now on iTunes), and visit them on their official Facebook and Twitter for more info.

July 17 Stubbs Jr - Austin, TX
July 18 House of Blues - Houston, TX
July 19 House of Blues - Dallas, TX
July 23 Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CA
July 24 Slims - San Francisco, CA
July 25 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
July 27 The Marquee - Phoenix, CA
July 29 Summit - Denver, CO
Aug. 1 Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS
Aug. 2 Varsity Theater - Minneapolis, MN
Aug. 3 The Rave - Milwaukee, WI
Aug. 5 A&R Bar - Columbus, OH
Aug. 6 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
Aug. 7 Bogart’s - Cincinnati, OH
Aug. 9 TLA - Philadelphia, PA
Aug.10 Irving Plaza - New York, NY
Aug.11 House of Blues - Boston, MA
Aug.16 Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
Aug.17 The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
Aug.18 Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ

COLD BLANK Release 'Onslaught' Featuring Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)

Summer is heating up for Los Angeles-based electro house production duo COLD BLANK, who today (Monday, July 2) released “Onslaught” featuring Andy Taylor (Duran Duran’s original lead guitarist). On “Onslaught,” Taylor—who has worked with Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Paul Rodgers and more—meshes his legendary guitar skills with COLD BLANK’s signature electro house sound, perfectly bridging the worlds of rock and electronic dance music. Purchase “Onslaught” here http://www.beatport.com/release/onslaught/932806. “Onslaught” is the third single from COLD BLANK’s forthcoming debut album THE AGENDA out August 6 on their own independent imprint Burn The Fire.

“Onslaught” follows COLD BLANK’s previous release “Deception” featuring Blake Miller of Moving Units. “Deception,” which debuted on Tiësto’s Club Life podcast, features COLD BLANK’s earmark sound, complete with bleeping chiptune synths, bouncing bass and beating drums, coupled with Blake Miller’s digitally haunting vocals. Purchase “Deception” here: http://www.beatport.com/release/deception/905157. Watch the “Deception” video here: http://youtu.be/tLoHX5B68Bk. Also available is “Louder Than Bombs,” the first single from THE AGENDA, which made its debut on MTV Hive and reached #2 on the Beatport Top 100 Dubstep chart days after its release and stayed there for several weeks. “Louder Than Bombs” can be purchased on Beatport here: http://www.beatport.com/release/louder-than-bombs/905175.

COLD BLANK are currently nominated in the Top 100 DJs in America poll by DJ Times magazine, America’s first magazine dedicated to DJs and DJ culture. Fans can vote for COLD BLANK online at www.americasbestdj.net now through Labor Day 2012 (September 3).

About COLD BLANK:
Destroying dancefloors everywhere with massively heavy beats, Chris Gaspar and Manny Luquin, the electro house producers behind COLD BLANK, are at the top of their game. As owners of the reputable record label Burn The Fire, they have their finger on the pulse of raw electronic dance music and are keeping it pumping hard with their debut full-length album THE AGENDA, out August 6. This blistering 10-track album is filled with their trademark banging electro sound, and also sees them exploring other genres for the first time such as dubstep (“Louder Than Bombs”) and drum & bass (“Signs of Chaos”).  Elsewhere on the album, collaborators and features include Andy Taylor (Duran Duran’s original lead guitarist), who lends his legendary guitar skills on the track “Onslaught,” Veela, Electric Soulside and Neon Stereo. Launching their Burn The Fire brand in 2008 with a wildly successful party in Los Angeles called Smash Disco, COLD BLANK has played a large role in shaping the scene and sound of the Southern California dance world. The next year saw their very first release chart on the Beatport Top 100 and they’ve continuously hit the marker ever since. Early tracks like “Dutchie,” “Raver Booty” and “The Lizard King” have become electro house anthems, and more recent songs like “Die Famous,” “Redroid” and “Ancient Physic Tandem War Elephant” show that COLD BLANK has no intention of slowing down. Having remixed artists like Chuckie, Robbie Rivera, Zedd, Spencer & Hill, Vandalism, Rank 1, PeaceTreaty and even Cypress Hill, Rusko and Damian Marley, their extensive catalog is supported by many top DJs including David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Tiësto, Moby, Knife Party, Axwell, John Dahlback, Morgan Page, Paul Oakenfold and more. COLD BLANK also currently host their weekly Burn The Fire radio show on the Electric Sound Stage channel on iHeartRadio.

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ 1994 ‘Pisces Iscariot’ Album is Reissued

EMI Music’s extensive reissue campaign honoring the legacy of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS continues July 17 in North America and July 16 internationally.  That’s when the iconic alternative band’s third album PISCES ISCARIOT—1994’s platinum-certified disc that reached #4 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart—receives the fully remastered treatment for the first time. This follows last year’s acclaimed reissues of the band’s groundbreaking first two albums, Gish (1991)and Siamese Dream (1993).

“A collection of odds and orphans from the dusky realms of Pumpkinland” is how PUMPKINS founding member BILLY CORGAN describes PISCES ISCARIOT in the liner notes penned by David Wild. “Pisces Iscariot was the little mix tape that went platinum,” writes Wild. “This unlikely smash album that some came to mistake for the Pumpkins’ third studio effort even yielded a hit single—another wonderfully odd moment in the landslide that was the intense early success story of Smashing Pumpkins.”

Featuring the band’s take on the Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks song “Landslide” which reached #3 on Modern Rock Tracks chart, PISCES ISCARIOT is being released in multiple configurations: Deluxe Physical Album—which comes with a live DVD and the first-ever PUMPKINS demo reproduced on cassette—Deluxe Digital, Standard Physical, Digital and 180G Vinyl. The bonus content and special features were curated from the band’s archives by CORGAN, and have been painstakingly remastered for the first time from the original master tapes by Bob Ludwig.*See all track listings below. 

With the full support and guidance from THE SMASHING PUMPKINS—who’ve created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history, selling over 30 million albums—EMI’s global catalog reissue campaign will last through 2013; it will encompass all the band’s albums and B-sides from 1991-2000, with other release dates to be announced.  The pivotal group’s many hits defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. 

As THE SMASHING PUMPKINS get the fully remastered treatment via these reissues, the band is excited to be moving forward by creating new music.  On June 19, the band released OCEANIA, via Martha’s Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution. Marking THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ 7^thstudio record, it is “an album within an album,” part of their 44-song work-in-progress TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE.  OCEANIA was recorded at the group’s studio in Chicago with CORGAN’s bandmates: guitarist JEFF SCHROEDER, drummer MIKE BYRNE and bassist/vocalist NICOLE FIORENTINO. 

‘PISCES ISCARIOT’:

Deluxe Physical Album Contents:
–         Original Album Remastered & Reissued For The First Time
–         17 Previously Unreleased or Alternate Versions of Pisces Era Songs
–         24 Previously Unreleased Live Performances (Pulse Basement Jam, 1988) (DVD logo)
–         First Ever SP Demo Reproduced on Cassette
–         Postcards, Watercolor Illustrations, Lyrics, Photos
–         Liner Notes by David Wild and Track-by-Track Annotations by Billy Corgan

Deluxe Digital Contents:
–         Original Album Remastered
–         17 Previously Unreleased or Alternate Versions of Pisces Era Songs

Standard Physical, Digital and 180G Vinyl
–         Original Album Remastered & Reissued For The First Time
–         Includes: Starla, Landslide & La Dolly Vita

TRACKLISTS:

[CD 1] (Deluxe Physical/Digital, Standard Physical/Digital, Vinyl)

1. Soothe
2. Frail And Bedazzled
3. Plume
4. Whir
5. Blew Away
6. Pissant
7. Hello Kitty Kat
8. Obscured
9. Landslide
10. Starla
11. Blue
12. Girl Named Sandoz
13. La Dolly Vita
14. Spaced

[CD 2] (Deluxe Physical/Digital only)

1. By June (Ignoffo Sessions/2012 mix)
2. My Dahlia (Ignoffo Sessions/2012 Mix)
3. Jesus Loves His Babies (Gish Sessions rough mix)
4. Cinnamon Girl (Ignoffo Sessions/2012 Mix)
5. Glynis (2012 Mix)
6. Crawl (Gish Sessions outtake)
7. Cinder Open (Eddy St. demo/2012 mix)
8. Blissed (Sadlands demo/2012 Mix)
9. Slunk (Live)
10. Jackie Blue
11. Venus In Furs (Live)
12. Translucent (Sadlands demo/2012 mix)
13. French Movie Theme (Siamese Sessions outtake)
14. Purr Snickety (Gish b-sides session outtake)
15. There It Goes (demo/2012 mix)
16. Vanilla (Ignoffo Sessions)
17. Why Am I So Tired (Live in studio demo)

[DVD ] (Deluxe Physical Only)

Pulse Basement Jam ( 11/19/1988 - Pulse Cable Access - Lou Hinkhouse)

Introduction by Lou Hinkhouse

1. There It Goes
2. She (Inc.)
3. She
4. Under Your Spell
5. My Eternity (Inc.)
6. My Eternity (Inc.)
7. My Eternity (Inc.)
8. My Eternity
9. Bleed
10. Nothing and Everything
11. Jennifer Ever (Inc.)
12. Jennifer Ever (Inc.)
13. Jennifer Ever (Inc.)
14. Jennifer Ever (Inc.)
15. Jennifer Ever
16. Death of a Mind
17. Spiteface

Bonus Performaces

1. Blue (10/22/1991 - Atomic Records - Milwaukee, WI)
2. Offer Up  (6/9/1992 - The Unicorn - Milwaukee, WI)
3. The Joker  (6/10/1992 - The Unicorn - Milwaukee, WI)
4. Slunk  (6/10/1992 - The Unicorn - Milwaukee, WI)
5. Dancing in the Moonlight (7/4/1993 - Raymond Revue Bar - London, UK)
6. Snap (8/11/1989 - Avalon - Chicago, IL)
7. Hello Kitty Kat (8/21/1994 - Starplex Amphitheater - Dallas, TX - 2nd stage Lollapalooza performance)

DEMO CASSETTE (Deluxe Physical Only)

SIDE A
1. Jennifer Ever
2. East
3. Nothing And Everything 

SIDE B
1. Sun (remix)
2. She (live)
3. Spiteface

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Henry Rollins announces The Capitalism Tour

Henry Rollins will head out on a speaking tour from September to November that will make a stop in all 50 states and the District of Columbia leading up to this November’s election. He’s dubbing it the Capitalism Tour; dates are below.

9/6 Honolulu, HI Hawaiian Brian’s
9/8 Juneau, AK Arts & Culture Center
9/10 Olympia, WA The Capitol Theater
9/11 Salem, OR Historic Elsinore Theatre
9/13 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
9/14 Carson City, NV Brewery Arts Center
9/15 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
9/16 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
9/18 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
9/19 Helena, MT Myrna Loy Center
9/20 Cheyenne, WY Cheyenne Depot Museum
9/21 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
9/22 Santa Fe, NM Sol Santa Fe
9/23 Austin, TX Scottish Rite Theater
9/24 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
9/26 Pierre, SD TF Riggs High School (“SD BookFestival”)
9/27 St. Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater
9/28 Bismarck, ND Dakota Stage Playhouse
9/30 Lincoln, NE Rococo Theatre
10/1 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
10/2 Topeka, KS Hills Festival Hall @ Topeka PAC
10/3 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s
10/4 Jefferson City, MO Etta & Joseph Miller PAC
10/5 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre
10/6 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
10/8 Lansing, MI Cooley Temple @ Thomas M. Cooley Law School
10/9 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
10/10 Nashville, TN Belcourt Theater
10/11 Springfield, IL Hoogland Center For The Arts
10/12 Frankfort, KY Grand Theatre
10/14 Jackson, MS Duling Hall
10/15 Baton Rouge, LA Manship Theatre
10/16 Montgomery, AL Capri Theatre
10/17 Tallahassee, FL Ruby Diamond Concert Hall @ FSU
10/18 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
10/19 Columbia, SC Columbia Museum Of Art
10/20 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
10/21 Richmond, VA The National
10/23 Charleston, WV Culture Center Theater
10/24 Harrisburg, PA Whitaker Center
10/25 Albany, NY The Egg
10/26 Montpelier, VT Alumni Hall @ Vermont College Of Fine Arts
10/27 Concord, NH Capitol Center for the Arts
10/28 Augusta, ME Cony High School Auditorium
10/30 Boston, MA Berklee Performing Arts Center
10/31 Dover, DE Schwartz Center For The Arts
11/1 Providence, RI Lupo’s
11/2 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
11/3 Trenton, NJ New Jersey State Museum Auditorium
11/4 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage
11/5 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

Norma Jean Announce Summer Tour Dates

Norma Jean’s summer tour dates, including a U.S. run with This or The Apocalypse and Ice Nine Kills and a European run that includes a Russian show are below.

NORMA JEAN
USA SUMMER 2012
w/ THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE & ICE NINE KILLS

7/5 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown – TICKETS
7/7 Bushnell, IL @ Cornerstone Festival – TICKETS
7/8 Dayton, OH @ The Attic – TICKETS
7/10 Joliet, IL @ Mojoes – TICKETS
7/11 Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre – TICKETS
7/12 Oshkosh, WI @ Lifest – TICKETS
7/13 Evansville, IN @ Fuel – TICKETS
7/14 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s
7/16 Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge – TICKETS

NORMA JEAN
EUROPEAN SUMMER 2012

04.08.12 UK Port Lympne Wild Animal Park @ Hevy Fest
05.08.12 Greece Athens @ Seven Sins
07.08.12 Ukraine Kiev @ Bingo
08.08.12 Russia Moscow @ Plan B
10.08.12 Belgium Ieper @ Ieper Fest
11.08.12 Czech Rep Jaromer @ Brutal Assault
12.08.12 Germany Wiesbaden @ Schlachthof
13.08.12 France Paris @ Batofar w/ Darkest Hour
14.08.12 France Nantes @ Le Ferrailleur w/ Darkest Hour
15.08.12 Switzerland Basel @ Sommercasino w/ Darkest Hour
16.08.12 Germany Dinkelsbühl @ Summer Breeze
17.08.12 Holland Bussloo @ Xnoizz Flevo Festival
18.08.12 Germany Krögis/Dresden @ Manifest Fest
19.08.12 Germany Lüdinghausen @ Area 4

Muse says next album will be "diverse"

Muse says that their new album, The 2nd Law, will be “very diverse.” There is a jazzy song with brass instruments and a song with dubstep influences, which you can hear a clip of in the album trailer in the replies. The dubstep is limited to that song only, though.

Then asked what people could expect to hear on the album, he added: “We’ve tried a bunch of new things, which the trailer gives a glimpse of. There’s only one song that’s like that. We’ve basically tried to do what Rage Against The Machine did with hip-hop in the 1990s and take a bit of the electronic world and dubstep and play it with real instruments. There’s only one track like that, the rest of it is very very diverse.”

Review: The Word Alive - Life Cycles

The Word Alive - Life Cycles
Record Label: Fearless Records
Release Date: July 3rd, 2012

The Word Alive’s new album “Life Cycles,” set to release on July 3, is one to mark the beginning of the rest of a killer band. This is their 3rd full album, a recovery from the loss of both their keyboardist and drummer after “Deceiver”; of which they only chose to replace the drummer with Luke Holland. However, he joined the band after Matt Horn, a friend of the band, who had already completed the studio sessions. Lead singer Tyler (‘Telle’) Smith previously stated that “Life Cycles” was going to have a much heavier sound, and I have to admit, he wasn’t lying in the least. But not only does the album have a heavier vibe, but it ties in some sweet vocals: the harmonies on Tyler’s cleans definitely boost the contrast between his voice and the screams.

The first song of the album “Dragon Spell” kicks off an electronic feel that overflows into most of the other songs. I feel as if the decision to not replace the keyboardist allowed them to play around with an array of sounds to fill that space, and it seriously sounds awesome. The release of the single “Life Cycles” back in early June was an excellent glimpse into what to expect from the whole of this album. It bundled the vocals and incorporated the electronics really well, which seems to happen in each song. Ending on a softer note with “Astral Planes,” the slower song does a super job on highlighting Tyler’s cleans, but of course, it officially ends with a bang tying together what is probably TWA’s best album yet. Over all, the album is definitely a huge step up from “Deceiver,” making it a total must-buy. Get pumped, this is a good one.

10/10

- Kim

InVogue Records Signs San Diego's Being As An Ocean; Debut LP Out September 18

Being As An Ocean has signed with InVogue Records and will release their debut full length “Dear G-d” September 18th.  The San Diego, California quintet has wrapped up recording the record with producer Brian Hood (A Plea For Purging, Gideon, The Crimson Armada).  InVogue Records is an independent label based out of Findlay, Ohio owned and operated by Before Their Eyes frontman Nick Moore.  ”I am beyond stoked for people to hear the new Being As An Ocean record, its absolutely amazing. This band offers a completely different style to my line up and I’m lucky to have them”, quoted by IVR owner Nick Moore.  

Catch the band on the “Despite All My Fears” Tour through July. 

 http://www.facebook.com/beingasanocean

http://www.invoguerecords.com 

MURDER CONSTRUCT: Reveal New Album Details

Los Angeles, CA death dealers MURDER CONSTRUCT have completed work on their highly anticipated debut full-length entitled Results.  Featuring 11 tracks of violent, uncompromising death/grind, the quintet display cut-throat songwriting and top-notch musicianship mixed with their own brand of twisted experimentation to create one of 2012’s most punishing auditory experiences.  Results will be released via Relapse Records on CD/LP/Digital on August 28th with pre-orders and a preview of the album art available at this location.

The album was recorded in , Hollywood CA at Architeuthis Sound with engineer Sean Vahle while drums were tracked at Trench Studios in Corona, CA with John Haddad (Abysmal Dawn, Exhumed, Intronaut).

MURDER CONSTRUCT features Travis Ryan (CATTLE DECAPITATION) on vocals, Leon del Muerte (EXHUMED, PHOBIA, IMPALED) on guitar and vocals, Kevin Fetus (FETUS EATERS, WATCH ME BURN) on guitar, Danny Walker (INTRONAUT, EXHUMED, UPHILL BATTLE) on drums, and Caleb Schneider (BAD ACID TRIP) on bass. The band previously released a seven-song EP that saw its release in November of 2010.  .