AFI Announce Fall Tour with Touché Amoré

AFI will release its ninth studio album, Burials, on October 22nd. They will also be going out on a headlining tour this fall with Touché Amoré. Dates can be found below

09/12 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
09/13 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
09/15 Chicago, IL Humboldt Park/Riot Fest
09/16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
09/18 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
09/19 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
09/21 Byers, CO May Farms, Riot Fest
10/07 Boston, MA Royale
10/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/13 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/11 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
10/12 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
10/14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
10/15 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
10/17 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/18 Austin, TX Mohawk
10/20 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
10/23 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10/25 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
10/26 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
10/28 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
10/29 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
10/31 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/01 Seattle, WA The Showbox at the Market
11/02 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom

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Win a Trip to See Itch at Warped Tour UK

UK artist Itch is heading back to London this fall for Vans Warped Tour UK in London.  Fans can now enter for a chance to win a trip for two to Vans Warped Tour UK, airfare and accommodations including a $200 American Express gift card.  Itch will perform on Saturday November 16th.  Enter for a chance to win here http://itchsmixes.com/contest.

Itch recently released his first single in the United States this June.  “Homeless Romantic" features vocals from Taking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and is available for free download at www.itchofficial.com.  Adam joined Itch on the set of the video in Los Angeles, which was directed by Hannah Lux.

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DANKO JONES Announces PROAR FESTIVAL Contest

DANKO JONES has announced his brand new ROCKSTAR ENERGY UPROAR FESTIVAL contest! This is your chance to win a trip to see DANKO JONES play at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY UPROAR FESTIVAL 2013 (together with Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Coheed And Cambria, Circa Survive and more), meet the band, hang out backstage and much more. All you have to do is take a photo of yourself (or of someone else, feel free to be creative) in the classic DANKO JONES “tongue pose” and upload it to Instagram or Twitter (see the guidelines below). All submitted photos will be posted on this page. Winners will be chosen by the band and announced here on August 5th.  Enter at http://www.dankojones.com/uproar

 

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New Podcast Sponsor

If you listened to the last couple podcasts, you know that we hit a big milestone: we have our first official sponsor for the show — Audible. As part of the sponsorship, Audible is offering one free book to each listener. If you’re a fan of Corey Taylor like I am, I suggest his two books which he narrates, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven. As well as, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story (Arnold Schwarzenegger’s memoir) and Born Standing Up; Steve Martin’s autobiography about his comedy roots, which is also narrated by Steve himself.

There really is no “gotchya!” to this! It’s a 30-day free trial during which time you can find and download almost any audiobook of your choice for free. Even if you cancel your trial within the thirty days, you get to keep the audiobook. If you decide to support the podcast by taking advantage of the free download, definitely give these books a shot.

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Looking For Contributors

Since this blog started, I’ve been the main writer and contributor (for what looks to be over 2990+ posts now), with the exception of a few friends posting a few posts. Now, I’m liking the idea about opening this up to a few more contributors and guest posts.

What am I looking for?  Well, I’m not quite sure yet, but I think I’ll know when I see it. I want you to get in touch. Tell me what you’re loving right now, tell me (music, movies, games, tv shows, etc) why you want to blog on KTM.  Drop me an e-mail and we’ll go from there

tl;dr version: We started as a music site and want to expand our horizons to other ventures.

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Death Ray Vision: Fall Tour w/ Special Guests

Current members of Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall and ex members of Overcast and Cannae have combined forces in the project Death Ray Visionand their debut 12 song album “We Ain’t Leavin’ Till You’re Bleedin’" will be released on Bullet Tooth on September 10, 2013.  Kicking off on September 13 the band will play select East Coast dates with Sworn Enemy and Acaro on the “Raging Semi-Tour”. The first date to be announced is September 14 at The Palladium in Worcester, MA. More dates to be announced!

Their debut 5 song EP “Get Lost Or Get Dead" was released on Bullet Tooth in 7” Vinyl, Digipack CD, and digital download formats on May 14, 2013.  Buy the Digipack CD, 7” Vinyl, and Tee Shirts at MerchNow, download at iTunes, Amazon, or Emusic, and stream at Spotify and Rdio. The first song “Shattered Frames” can be streamed at YouTube!
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KTM Podcast: Travis Richter

Travis Richter  is an American musician, music producer, dubstep producer and vocalist. He is known for being the original vocalist and guitarist of From First to Last, and the current guitarist and lead vocalist of The Color of Violence and the lead vocalist for The Human Abstract. He is also a music producer and produces dubstep with ModifiedNoise.

Past episodes can be found here. If you like the podcast, I would be deeply grateful if you would write a 5-star review for the podcast in iTunes. For you, the listeners of the podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook download with a free 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service.

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Tagstravis richter, from first to last, sonny more, skrillex, dubstep, the human abstract, modified noise, lungr records, mini, acting, the color of violence, podcast, super mario 64
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Nine Inch Nails's Hesitation Marks Will Have Four Different Covers

Each version of Hesitation Marks will have its own unique cover with artwork by Russell Mills. Pictured above: Digital cover: “Turn And Burn" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, bitumen, burning, rusted linen, blood, spent matches, on wood) Deluxe CD cover: “Cargo In The Blood" (Burning, Polaroid frame, copper wire, mica, on velvet, on wood) Standard CD cover: “Time And Again" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, rusted linen, blood, microscope slides, on wood) Vinyl cover: “Other  Murmurs" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood) Some words from Russell about the artwork created for the album: The artworks, (30 mixed media pieces) that I eventually produced towards uses in the Hesitation Marks releases, evolved out of lengthy exchanges between myself and Trent and in response to the conceptual ideas that thread through the tracks and to the sonic territory that the album explores. I’ve tried to lock into the album’s prevailing mood and echo the album’s essence. The ideas are not communicated in a literal or easily digested form, as this would be boring for me and would insult the intelligence of a potential audience. I’ve tried to make works that obliquely allude to the essence of the subject matter, to its emotional core.  As with my self-initiated works - the paintings, assemblages, collages and multimedia installations - personal ideas and obsessions seep into these works. The organic, the natural, prevailing over or feeding into the industrial, the man made, is a common theme in my work generally and in this instance was particularly apt for the art required. The works explore ideas of catharsis, of being into dissolution into being, both on a personal and sociological level. They allude to ideas about chaos and order. They deal with ways of suggesting presence in absence. They are a cross between the forensic and a pathology of the personal in which only fragments remain, in which minimal clues can suggest events that may have occurred. They attempt to harness the chaos of a situation, of now, of the personal trauma, of the human condition, into a form that is coherent, a form that accommodates the mess without disguising it as something else. It attempts to capture the essence of these ideas by implication and exclusion. Beneath the form lies the uncertainty and ceaseless flux of the mess, of the chaos.     An amalgam of the contextually-anchored and the process-driven, they are hopefully powerful, arresting, seductive, suggestive and resonant. I hope that they will invite multiple readings. Hesitation Marks is out September 3rd. Pre-order now direct from nin.com or from iTunes.Each version of Hesitation Marks will have its own unique cover with artwork by Russell Mills. Pictured above: Digital cover: “Turn And Burn" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, bitumen, burning, rusted linen, blood, spent matches, on wood) Deluxe CD cover: “Cargo In The Blood" (Burning, Polaroid frame, copper wire, mica, on velvet, on wood) Standard CD cover: “Time And Again" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, rusted linen, blood, microscope slides, on wood) Vinyl cover: “Other  Murmurs" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood) Some words from Russell about the artwork created for the album: The artworks, (30 mixed media pieces) that I eventually produced towards uses in the Hesitation Marks releases, evolved out of lengthy exchanges between myself and Trent and in response to the conceptual ideas that thread through the tracks and to the sonic territory that the album explores. I’ve tried to lock into the album’s prevailing mood and echo the album’s essence. The ideas are not communicated in a literal or easily digested form, as this would be boring for me and would insult the intelligence of a potential audience. I’ve tried to make works that obliquely allude to the essence of the subject matter, to its emotional core.  As with my self-initiated works - the paintings, assemblages, collages and multimedia installations - personal ideas and obsessions seep into these works. The organic, the natural, prevailing over or feeding into the industrial, the man made, is a common theme in my work generally and in this instance was particularly apt for the art required. The works explore ideas of catharsis, of being into dissolution into being, both on a personal and sociological level. They allude to ideas about chaos and order. They deal with ways of suggesting presence in absence. They are a cross between the forensic and a pathology of the personal in which only fragments remain, in which minimal clues can suggest events that may have occurred. They attempt to harness the chaos of a situation, of now, of the personal trauma, of the human condition, into a form that is coherent, a form that accommodates the mess without disguising it as something else. It attempts to capture the essence of these ideas by implication and exclusion. Beneath the form lies the uncertainty and ceaseless flux of the mess, of the chaos.     An amalgam of the contextually-anchored and the process-driven, they are hopefully powerful, arresting, seductive, suggestive and resonant. I hope that they will invite multiple readings. Hesitation Marks is out September 3rd. Pre-order now direct from nin.com or from iTunes.Each version of Hesitation Marks will have its own unique cover with artwork by Russell Mills. Pictured above: Digital cover: “Turn And Burn" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, bitumen, burning, rusted linen, blood, spent matches, on wood) Deluxe CD cover: “Cargo In The Blood" (Burning, Polaroid frame, copper wire, mica, on velvet, on wood) Standard CD cover: “Time And Again" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, rusted linen, blood, microscope slides, on wood) Vinyl cover: “Other  Murmurs" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood) Some words from Russell about the artwork created for the album: The artworks, (30 mixed media pieces) that I eventually produced towards uses in the Hesitation Marks releases, evolved out of lengthy exchanges between myself and Trent and in response to the conceptual ideas that thread through the tracks and to the sonic territory that the album explores. I’ve tried to lock into the album’s prevailing mood and echo the album’s essence. The ideas are not communicated in a literal or easily digested form, as this would be boring for me and would insult the intelligence of a potential audience. I’ve tried to make works that obliquely allude to the essence of the subject matter, to its emotional core.  As with my self-initiated works - the paintings, assemblages, collages and multimedia installations - personal ideas and obsessions seep into these works. The organic, the natural, prevailing over or feeding into the industrial, the man made, is a common theme in my work generally and in this instance was particularly apt for the art required. The works explore ideas of catharsis, of being into dissolution into being, both on a personal and sociological level. They allude to ideas about chaos and order. They deal with ways of suggesting presence in absence. They are a cross between the forensic and a pathology of the personal in which only fragments remain, in which minimal clues can suggest events that may have occurred. They attempt to harness the chaos of a situation, of now, of the personal trauma, of the human condition, into a form that is coherent, a form that accommodates the mess without disguising it as something else. It attempts to capture the essence of these ideas by implication and exclusion. Beneath the form lies the uncertainty and ceaseless flux of the mess, of the chaos.     An amalgam of the contextually-anchored and the process-driven, they are hopefully powerful, arresting, seductive, suggestive and resonant. I hope that they will invite multiple readings. Hesitation Marks is out September 3rd. Pre-order now direct from nin.com or from iTunes.Each version of Hesitation Marks will have its own unique cover with artwork by Russell Mills. Pictured above: Digital cover: “Turn And Burn" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, bitumen, burning, rusted linen, blood, spent matches, on wood) Deluxe CD cover: “Cargo In The Blood" (Burning, Polaroid frame, copper wire, mica, on velvet, on wood) Standard CD cover: “Time And Again" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, rusted linen, blood, microscope slides, on wood) Vinyl cover: “Other  Murmurs" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood) Some words from Russell about the artwork created for the album: The artworks, (30 mixed media pieces) that I eventually produced towards uses in the Hesitation Marks releases, evolved out of lengthy exchanges between myself and Trent and in response to the conceptual ideas that thread through the tracks and to the sonic territory that the album explores. I’ve tried to lock into the album’s prevailing mood and echo the album’s essence. The ideas are not communicated in a literal or easily digested form, as this would be boring for me and would insult the intelligence of a potential audience. I’ve tried to make works that obliquely allude to the essence of the subject matter, to its emotional core.  As with my self-initiated works - the paintings, assemblages, collages and multimedia installations - personal ideas and obsessions seep into these works. The organic, the natural, prevailing over or feeding into the industrial, the man made, is a common theme in my work generally and in this instance was particularly apt for the art required. The works explore ideas of catharsis, of being into dissolution into being, both on a personal and sociological level. They allude to ideas about chaos and order. They deal with ways of suggesting presence in absence. They are a cross between the forensic and a pathology of the personal in which only fragments remain, in which minimal clues can suggest events that may have occurred. They attempt to harness the chaos of a situation, of now, of the personal trauma, of the human condition, into a form that is coherent, a form that accommodates the mess without disguising it as something else. It attempts to capture the essence of these ideas by implication and exclusion. Beneath the form lies the uncertainty and ceaseless flux of the mess, of the chaos.     An amalgam of the contextually-anchored and the process-driven, they are hopefully powerful, arresting, seductive, suggestive and resonant. I hope that they will invite multiple readings. Hesitation Marks is out September 3rd. Pre-order now direct from nin.com or from iTunes.

Each version of Hesitation Marks will have its own unique cover with artwork by Russell Mills. Pictured above:

Digital cover: “Turn And Burn” (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, bitumen, burning, rusted linen, blood, spent matches, on wood)

Deluxe CD cover: “Cargo In The Blood” (Burning, Polaroid frame, copper wire, mica, on velvet, on wood)

Standard CD cover: “Time And Again” (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, rusted linen, blood, microscope slides, on wood)

Vinyl cover: “Other  Murmurs” (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood)

Hesitation Marks is out September 3rd. Pre-order now direct from nin.com or from iTunes.

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Radiohead Auction Off Rare Demos

According to NME and Rolling Stone, an extremely rare Radiohead demo cassette from 1986 is to be sold at auction this September. The auction will begin September 14th at Omega Auctions in Stockport, England. Fairweather expects the demo to go for at least £1,000 (about $1,500).

The demo cassette features six songs that have never appeared on any official Radiohead releases: ‘Fragile Friend’, ‘Girl (In The Purple Dress)’, ‘Everybody Knows’, ‘Mountains (On The Move)’, ‘Lemming Trail’ and ‘Lock The Door’

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