Atlanta party rockers, Attila have premiered their new video for the song “Shots For The Boys,” from Attila’s latest release About That Life(Artery/Razor & Tie) - iTunes Store
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Southern California’s STARS IN STEREO will be getting in the holiday spirit on their upcoming tour supporting Halestorm by teaming with TOYS FOR TOTS along the tour route.
Starting Tuesday, November 26 in Memphis, Tennessee, the first five fans who bring an unwrapped toy to the venue at 6pm local time, will receive a pair of tickets to that evening’s show along with a copy of Stars in Stereo’s debut self-titled album. A representative for the band wearing a Stars in Stereo shirt will be stationed outside the venue’s box office/will call window to collect the toys and give out the tickets each night. Fans can visit http://www.starsinstereo.com/ to see if the tour will be coming to their city this fall.
Starting next month and continuing throughout the first few months of 2014, the Hot Topic will be releasing exclusive splatter variants of basically every Blink record. View more info about the releases below
Single LPs will be $19.99, 2xLPs will be $24.99. Don’t ask about Dogs Eating Dogs, I have no idea if or when that will ever get pressed.
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket LP - Not too long ago Hot Topic had an exclusive pressing of TOYPAJ LP on clear vinyl with red, green and yellow splatter limited to 2000 copies. This sold out quite a while ago online but there’s still some copies floating around Hot Topic stores. This one was a little more at $22.99.
Self-Titled 2xLP - (there’s already a thread for this one on here) clear vinyl with pink and green splatter with the smiley face logo etched on the D-side limited to 2000 copies. This one has been bumped back a couple weeks and should now be available around early December.Right now it’s looking like a 12/10 street date.
Enema of the State LP - clear vinyl with red and blue splatter limited to 2000 copies available 1/7/14
The Mark, Tom and Travis How 2xLP - clear vinyl with pink, green and blue splatter limited to 2000 copies available 1/28/14
Dude Ranch LP - clear vinyl with orange and brown splatter limited to 2000 copies available 2/25/14
Greatest Hits 2xLP - clear vinyl with black and silver splatter limited to 2000 copies available 3/25/14
Cheshire Cat LP - clear vinyl with blue and yellow splatter limited to 2000 copies available 4/29/14
Neighborhoods 2xLP - clear vinyl with black and white splatter limited to 1000 copies available 5/27/14
Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids) has partnered up with Noisey/Vice to premiere his new album Wrist Slitter, which is out today via Rory Records/Equal Vision Records. Stream Wrist Slitter on Noisey: http://bit.ly/1bpby5L
Fans can purchase the album digitally via iTunes at http://bit.ly/WristSlitterItunes and physically at http://mattpryor.merchtable.com/.
Los Angeles alternative hard rock band Gemini Syndrome have announced a series of headlining tour dates in the Midwest and East Coast in December. The band is fresh off a national fall tour supporting Five Finger Death Punch that wrapped up at the end of October
11/30 Joliet, IL 105.5 The Kat’s Holiday*
12/02 Madison, WI The SRS Stage*
12/03 Rockford, IL District Bar and Grill*
12/04 Racine, WI Rt 20*
12/05 Columbus, OH Xclusive*
12/07 Parkersburg, WV Six Pence Pub*
12/08 West Chester, PA The Note*
12/10 Amityville, NY Revolution*
12/11 Clifton, NJ Dingbatz*
12/12 Newport, KY Thompson House*
12/13 Kokomo, IN Centerstage Bar & Grill*
12/14 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Exhibit Hall*
Anthony Green has come out with his newest solo album, Young Legs. The Circa Survive frontman’s newest solo album reaches into an indie rock aura, with vibrant hooks and powerful lyrics.
Young legs has a very ethereal and calming vibe, as well as many songs having a very emotionally powerful kick to them. My personal favorite from the album being, “When You Sang to Me”. The album starts with “Breaker”, which feels like an intense and emotional journey, and definitely one of the most stand-out and mentionable tracks on the album. The short song, “Too Little, Too Late” is a quick, but good listen, standing at a whopping 1:44. There is an even shorter song, “Stolen”, totaling 1:13.
All of the songs are well-written, and felt like a lot of time and care was put into each track. The songs are heavily reliant on acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, and Green’s light vocals. Many anomalous effects are used in the songs, helping them feel full of life and adding that extra “oomph” that so many artists cannot seem to capture. This gives most of the songs a feeling of positivity.
Although these positive songs are very good, there aren’t any songs that are contrasting enough to break up the album, therefore making the whole thing feel a bit repetitive. Most of the songs have similar drum beats and song structures, making the whole album feel as if it were one large song. Although I do enjoy the tracks on this album, I wish there were a few songs a bit different to add some variety.
Overall, Young Legs is a very clean and well-written album. Green has certainly succeeded in showing his writing capabilities, but fell a bit short in variety. I would highly recommend listening to it, as it is streaming free on his website, http://anthonygreenschildren.com/.
7/10
Chris Grieco
Qello, the premier digital streaming service for full-length HD concerts and music documentaries on-demand, is unlocking the Lamb of God As the Palaces Burn documentary for anyone to watch for free from November 11th through the 25th here: http://qello.com/centerstage/lambofgodqello
The album is available now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Palaces10 http://amzn.to/1h9wW1F.
Ohio’s Metalfest was a show that was very highly anticipated and I have to say that that anticipation was justified as well as delivered. This was my first Metalfest and I caught as many bands as I could between the two stages. Before I go on, I’ll list off the bands I saw because there were a lot of great artists there and only so much time to get around to everyone (some bands didn’t make it to the show so the times were a bit messed up as well)
I made a note to try and get around to the more notable acts but I definitely caught some of the smaller bands as well. My knowledge of each band ranges as some of them are my favorite but others I had only their reputation to go off of.
I saw:
I See Stars
The Word Alive
Periphery
Born of Osiris
Structures
Sworn In
Veil of Maya
Each band played for 30-45 minutes and in general, they were all great. Some were definitely better than others and the heavily reverberated ballroom at The Rave made a lot of the main-stage sets sound muddy and at some points, inaudible. But, I did my best to keep all of those things in mind and focus on the quality of the playing of each band as well as their presence on stage.
I See Stars started things off on the ballroom stage at around 2:00pm and they definitely got things going in the room. As they came on stage, the room was immediately filled with an energetic atmosphere and the floor quickly filled up. The crowd was anxious before they came on but the second they stepped foot on the stage everyone was excited. They played great and ranged from their more famous songs like “NTZ48” as well as playing some newer ones off of their new release. Despite some small technical difficulties, the set went pretty smoothly and the band played great. The singer was the most impressive part of their live show. He hit just about every part spot on and he didn’t cut corners around the higher notes.
Many singers in this genre will half-ass their parts and often times they won’t even sing some parts. I See Stars was different as both vocalists (synth/screams) were amazing and really made them stick out in my mind. Their stage presence as well was notable as the members were all moving around constantly and keeping the audience engaged. At one point a man in a full body chicken suit jumped into the crowd from the stage.
After I See Stars came The Word Alive on the ballroom stage. This band kept the energy up throughout the entire set and the crowd was able to keep up their excitement and movement high. This band was especially tight live. The guitar solos and intense vocals were near perfect onstage and this made everything more enjoyable and immersible during the show. The Word Alive played many crowd pleasers off of their newest release Life Cycles which was a good thing in this case as it kept everyone entertained as they could sing along to each track. The band ended their set with Telle (vocalist) repeating a memorable line from Life Cycles as well as a backflip.
The next band to take the stage was Veil of Maya. Although this band has a incredibly impressive recorded material, it didn’t hold up as well live. Overall, the set was good but I felt they were carried a bit by their excessive backtracking and lack of ability to really deliver their sound live. I had a lot of respect for their one and only guitar player as he was able to carry most of the weight of the guitar parts, but all synth parts and some guitars were played entirely through the speakers.
This was a bit of a buzzkill for me personally but I do understand the necessity. The band’s presence onstage was good as I especially enjoyed the fact that they didn’t talk too much in between songs. Many of the bands at the festival repeated the same generic crowd-addressing lines and it was nice to see a band get straight to the music!
The next band I saw was Sworn In down at the theater stage. I have to say that I had seen videos of their live show but it was still very…unique. As far as the quality of their performance goes, when the vocalist screamed, he was very good and was able to match what was on the recordings. He did unfortunately speak a lot of his parts and cut corners a bit. The drums were spot on but the guitars seemed a bit sloppy. Even through the unbearable sound quality, it seemed they were off a bit. Nonetheless, Sworn In put on an amazing live act, sucking the audience into their dark and awe inspiring atmosphere.
Each member was a part of the entertainment and the band really has created something new and original with their stage presence. It completely matches their music and their style of wearing their own matching merch live only adds more to the effect. If you haven’t seen this band yet, you are really missing out on something very creative. See them.
After Sworn In I was back upstairs to the ballroom stage to see Born of Osiris. Everything about this band’s live show was great except that they had a backing track guitar in the right speaker during the entire show. Samples I understand but it was just a bit too obvious at how perfect the other guitar was and it didn’t really match the whole style of playing that the band was showing. Other than that aspect, this was definitely one of the better shows of the day. They played a wide range of their material dating back to early tracks as well as staying current with songs off of their newest release. Each instrument was tight and the band packed the floor within minutes of them starting.
Following up Born of Osiris was what I thought, the best band of the day: Periphery. This band sets the bar extremely high with their recorded material but the fact that they met that expectation was astounding to me. The band has many busy parts on each instrument and I was worried that the sounds would clash too much only leaving a confusing muddy sound but the band pulled through. Keeping each note perfect and staying true to the tracks, the band had the samples through the speakers which gave the songs the identity they needed.
Although it was disappointing at times to see how much was actually being put through on a recorded track, the band more than made up for it with their perfect playing abilities. The highlight of the day was watching Spencer (vocalist) hit every note onstage. One of the most talented vocalists in the genre, he absolutely amazed the crowd live with his ability to recreate his parts onstage. He blew away every other vocalist and the bands humor and relaxing vibes made everyone like them.
Last but most certainly not least was Structures. I had heard amazing things about their album “Divided By” and was told I was in for a treat to see them live. I had heard some of their music before but never got around to really focusing on listening to it. Despite that, I headed back downstairs to catch their set. Structures is definitely near the top for the day as they had one of the most energetic performances I had seen all day. With a smaller group they were able to work the stage and the crowd with their music throughout the whole set. Each member was entertaining and even though I didn’t know any of the songs I very much enjoyed them.
Metalfest was a show to remember and even though I did catch more than the bands above, I wasn’t able to watch their entire sets so I didn’t feel I could write accurately about their performances. My experience was great and it was a dream come true to see so many of my favorite bands in one day as well as delve into some newer ones! If you ever get a chance to go to a festival like this one, I highly recommend it as they are easy to navigate and you can save a ton of money seeing your favorite bands all in one night!
Rating: 9/10
-Nic
IN THIS MOMENT are kicking off 2014 with more than a bang - they’re ushering in the new year with THE HELLPOP TOUR II. Set to launch January 2 in Portland, OR, the 16-city tour wraps January 5 in South Florida, where the band will then embark on the SHIPROCKED cruise. Joining IN THIS MOMENT on HELLPOP II are BUTCHER BABIES in direct support, DEVOUR THE DAY and ALL HAIL THE YETI. Complete dates are below.
IN THIS MOMENT HELLPOP TOUR
(MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, KYNG & ALL HAIL THE YETI in support):
NOVEMBER:
11: Boston, MA - House Of Blues
13: Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theater
15: South Bend, IN - Club Fever
16: Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
17: La Crosse, WI - La Crosse Center Arena
20: Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
22: Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
23: Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
24: Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
26: San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
27: Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
IN THIS MOMENT HELLPOP TOUR
(BUTCHER BABIES, DEVOUR THE DAY & ALL HAIL THE YETI in support):
JANUARY:
02: Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
03: Seattle, WA - Showbox At The Market
04: Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
05: Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
07: Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium
08: Kansas City, MO - The Midland By AMC
10: TBA
11: Fort Wayne, IN - Piere’s
12: Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
14: Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
15: Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo
17: Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
18: Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
19: Huntington, NY - The Paramount
21: Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore22: Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy’s24: Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution25: TBA
SHIPROCKED
(featuring FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PAPA ROACH, THREE DAYS GRACE, SEVENDUST, LACUNA COIL, BUTCHER BABIES, CANDLEBOX and more)
JANUARY
26-30: Miami, FL to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
The Killers are planning another hiatus, according to MSN. View an excerpt below
The drummer tells The Hollywood Reporter that The Killers' MTV EMAs gig this weekend will be their last for a while, adding it will be “a little while” before they regroup.
He says, “I don’t think it will take an unnaturally long time for us to get guys together, but it’s time to take a breather and ground out a little bit… I think everybody is looking forward to putting their feet up for a little while and having some normalcy.”
Frontman Brandon Flowers has already revealed that he’s planning to make another solo album and Vannucci is hoping to record a follow-up to his 2011 album “Big Talk,” adding, “I think I want to make another record. I’m already starting it. I like to keep moving. I love that notion of momentum. I think some of the guys are just going to chill out, keep writing probably, make sure to get some rest.”