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Mixtapes Première Hey Ma Pt. 2.
May 18th, 2012
Mixtapes.
Ahead of the release of their upcoming album, Cincinnati pop-punkers Mixtapes have premiered a brand new track, ‘Hey Ma PT. 2,’ on Absolutepunk.net and is a song guitarist/vocalist Ryan Rockwell is thoroughly excited about. “This song was fun to make,” says Ryan, “When it was done, musically I felt like the verses had a bouncy almost Superchunk type vibe and we were really happy with how it came out. I think it fits the album well. The album as a whole is upbeat and was a blast to make.”
The new track is taken from the bands upcoming album ‘Even On The Worst Nights’ which was recorded by Eric Tuffendsam at Moonlight Studios in Cincinnati. ‘Even on The Worst Nights’ features sixteen tracks of emotionally charged pop-punk with a heavy dose of sarcasm and features the previously released title track, which is also on the band’s recent EP, Somewhere In Trinsic and is available to stream on Alternative Press.
Track listing for the full album is as follows:
1. Seven Mile
2. Something Better
3. Hey Ma PT. 2
4. Even on the Worst Nights
5. You Must Not Be From Around Here
6. You & I
7. I’m Wearing the Device (Bridge, Water)
8. I’ll Give You A Hint, Yes
9. Russian House DJ
10. Anyways
11. Indian Summer
12. One for the Ozarks
13. Just When You Thought It Was Over
14. Golden Sometimes
15. Basement Manners
16. Mt. Hope
Mixtapes – Even On The Worst Nights is due to be released on June 26th via No Sleep Records with pre-orders available now.
First 20 Acts Unveiled For Vans Warped Tour UK.
May 17th, 2012
Vans Warped Tour. '12 - London, UK - November.
Anticipation for the long awaited return of the Vans Warped Tour to British shores after a 13 year absence reached a new high with the addition of over 20 bands to its line up. Revealed at a recent official press event the acts join the previously announced Sheffield metalcore mob Bring Me The Horizon in what is already proving to be a fitting line up for the legendary touring festival. Taking place at London’s Alexandria Palace on November 10th the bill is set to be headed up by chart-topping Welsh rockers Lostprophets, taking to the stage in the wake of their stunning new album ‘Weapons’. Joining them are an array of acts across the board of alternative genres, with both big names and hot upcoming talent alike all finding a place on line up of The Warped Tour‘s first standalone UK event.
Representing pop-punk are legends New Found Glory who are joined by ska-punk heroes Less Than Jake and a whole host of acts representing the new breed including Man Overboard and The Story So Far. (Who are also in line to kick off the buzz for the event with the ‘Road To Warped’ tour.)
Also confirmed to appear are 3OH!3, The Acacia Strain, Awolnation, A Loss For Words, A Skylit Drive, Architects, Blood On The Dance Floor – who make their first ever UK appearance – Bowling For Soup, Breathe Carolina, Bury Tomorrow, Crossfaith, Dead Sara – another UK debut – Family Force 5, Me Vs Hero, Middle Finger Salute, Yashin and many more names yet to be announced.
Hitting the UK a few weeks early to carve a path for this punk rock assault on the nations capital is the rather intense foursome of New Found Glory, Less Than, Jake, Man Overboard and The Story So Far, who will play four blistering shows across the country in the run up to the main event to whet appetites for more hard rocking carnage.
Dates include:
November 4th, Nottingham Rock City.
November 5th, Manchester Academy.
November 6th, Leeds University.
November 7th, Glasgow Barrowland.
November 9th, Cardiff University Great Hall.
Tickets for the November event are available now at the awesome price of £40 via online retailers with tickets for The Road To Warped Tour gigs each priced at £20.
William Control Returns To The UK With The New Faith Tour.
May 16th, 2012
William Control. Photograph by Lisa Johnson.
William Control returns to the UK this May for a run of 11 headline shows in support of his latest solo album, ‘Silentium Amoris’, in addition to a performance at Download Festival next month, headlining the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage on June 10th.
The new record is a twelve-track journey about finding a voice in the rubble of a broken world. Perhaps mirroring William Control’s own burgeoning solo career, the release is described as “a stepping-stone in the development of a protagonist who is seeking revenge”. ‘Silentium Amoris’ melts together dark, cinematic themes with experimental synth pop sounds, keeping hold of the aggressive elements of industrial dance while adding a new wave sensibility to its sound, reminiscent of such luminaries as New Order, Bauhaus, Gary Numan, and Depeche Mode.
The 11 stop ‘New Faith’ tour features support from special guests Fearless Vampire Killers & Obscure Pleasures and includes stops in the following cities.
May 26th Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.
May 27th Academy 3, Birmingham.
May 28th Cockpit 2, Leeds.
May 29th Central Station, Wrexham.
May 30th The Fleece, Bristol.
May 31st Islington Academy 2, London.
June 1st Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes.
June 10th Download Festival.
June 12th Academy 2, Newcastle.
June 13th ABC2, Glasgow.
June 14th Corporation, Sheffield.
June 15th Joiners, Southampton.
Tickets are available now from Seetickets.com and other online retailers.
Dark Princess Raise The Bar With The World I’ve Lost.
May 16th, 2012
Dark Princess - The World I've Lost.
Following their surprise hit in Germany and the US with their last album ‘Stop My Heart’, Russian Gothic Metal band Dark Princess aim to set a new standard with their follow-up release ‘The World I’ve Lost’, featuring the powerful vocal talent of new singer Natalia. Combined with the Natalia’s voice, their new release showcases a myriad of influences, ranging from Folk to traditional Russian music, with a blend of thundering riffs, catchy melodies, and symphonic pomp that spice up the gloomy atmospheric sound of Dark Princess.
Track listing for the brand new release is as follows:
1. Fight With Myself
2. We Can Not Fly So High
3. Fields Of Use
4. The Key
5. Everlasting Pain
6. Paradise Land
7. Point Of No Return
8. The Temple Of Darkness
9. The Last Page
10. The Way Of Passion
11. Caruso
Dark Princess – The World I’ve Lost is available now via Out of Line Music.
Axe Wound Bring The Post Apocalyptic Party.
May 1st, 2012
Axewound.
The newly minted metal super group Axe Wound, featuring members of Bullet For My Valentine, Cancer Bats and Glamour of The Kill, have burst onto the internet with a bang in the past day, not only scoring a spot on the Download Festival line up, but also revealing a headline slot at O2 Islington Academy on Wednesday 6th June with support from While She Sleeps.
Even after having the bands line up spelled out as being made up of Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck, Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier, Glamour of the Kill guitarist Mike Kingswood, ex-Rise To Remain guitarist Joe Copcutt and session drummer Jason Bowld, you would still want to know just what AxeWound is. Luckily the boys have uploaded the riotous clip ‘Post Apocalyptic Party’ on YouTube to blast out your ears with some good old metal noise. As if that wasn’t enough Axe Wound are offering the track up for free download from Soundcloud through an exclusive link on their official Tumblr.
Axe Wound and The Mission Join Download Festival Line Up.
May 1st, 2012
Download 2012's newly updated poster.
Three more acts have been added to the already stellar Download Festival line up including metal ‘supergroup’ Axe Wound, gothic guitar heroes The Mission and Northern Irish rockers Million Dollar Reload.
Axe Wound are an exciting act made up of Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck, Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier, Glamour of the Kill guitarist Mike Kingswood, ex-Rise To Remain guitarist Joe Copcutt and ‘the best session drummer in the UK’, Jason Bowld. The band will play on Friday 8th June on the Pepsi Max Stage, while The Mission will headline the same stage on Saturday 9th June, with Northern Irish rockers Million Dollar Reload will play Sunday 10th June on the Jagermeister stage.
With 25 years of countless hits and packed out houses, The Mission have quite a reputation, but as singer Wayne Hussey said It’s been a while since they performed at the likes of Donington. “I believe it’s 21 years since we last played a major festival in the UK which would’ve been Finsbury Park. We’re looking forward to partaking of the British summer festival spirit but I won’t be taking my sleeping bag and I won’t be sleeping in a tent. That’s for mere mortals. We’re looking forward to playing to an audience that essentially isn’t ours. We like a challenge, weseem to raise our game when our backs are against the wall, so, bring it on….”.
A limited number of Day and Weekend tickets for Download 2012 are on sale now and available from www.downloadfestival.co.uk
Download RIP ticket packages are on sale now and can be purchased via www.livenationexperience.co.uk or by phoning 0207 009 3484.
Versus The World Join Viking Funeral Records.
May 1st, 2012
Versus The World.
Santa Barbara based rock band Versus The World have announced their signing to Viking Funeral Records, with their second full-length album, ‘Drink. Sing. Live. Love.’ due to be released on July 17th.
Now consisting of Mike Davenport (The Ataris), Chris Flippin (Lagwagon), Donald Spence and Bryan Charleson (Crooks and Liars), Versus The World were formed in the back of The Ataris owned record store, Down On Haley before releasing their debut self-titled album in 2005 on Kung Fu Records. If their well honed sound and veteran punk credentials aren’t enough to vouch for Versus The World the band have earned their stripes after touring with bands like Suicide Machines, Bouncing Souls, The Lawrence Arms, Social Distortion, No Use For A Name, The Vandals and I Am The Avalanche.
Since the the recent completion of their long awaited follow-up the band have joined forces with Viking Funeral Records, a label imprint started by Ken Seaton of Hardline Entertainment and Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge along with Kevin Zinger of Suburban Noize Records.
Produced by Thom Flowers (The Ataris) at Playback Recording and Orange Whip studios in Santa Barbara, mixed by Ian MacGregor (All American Rejects, Katy Perry) and mastered by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Drink. Sing. Live. Love. is a thirteen track fusion of post-hardcore, pop-punk and rock that, understandably has singer Donald Spence excited for this new record. “We’ve spent two years writing and recording it, and it really has been a labor of love… These are some of my favorite songs that I’ve ever written, and I can’t wait for them to see the light of day.” An exclusive glimpse at this potent mix is available to sample as the band are now streaming new track ‘She Sang The Blues’ on Soundcloud.com.
Tracklisting for the upcoming release is as follows:
1. She Sang The Blues
2. Mason Grace
3. A Fond Farewell
4. The Kids Are Fucked
5. Lullabye
6. These Bones
7. A Love Song For Amsterdam
8. Crook & Liars
9. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
10. In Fear of Finale
11. Donner Pass
12. Angry February
13. We Were Alive
The band are currently in the midst of a quick UK tour with dates including:
May 2nd O2 Academy 2 Islington, London.
May 3rd The Croft, Bristol.
May 4th Le Pub, Newport.
May 5th Lock 42, Leicester.
Versus The World-She Sang The Blues by Hardlineent
Versus The World - Drink. Sing. Live. Love. is due for release on July 17th via Viking Funeral Records.
Forever Never Roll Out ‘Never Say Never Again’ Tour Dates.
April 30th, 2012
Forever Never - 'Never Say Never Again' Tour.
Following their recent announcement that the band will be taking an indefinite hiatus, Forever Never have released details of a run of UK shows in May and June with tour support coming from old friends and 2010 touring partners Sworn To Oath.
Orestea will also support on 3 shows and Incassum will join the bill on 2 Northern dates .
Dates in the Forever Never – ‘Never Say Never Again’ tour include:
24th May The Old Bell, Derby. Sworn To Oath & locals TBC
25th May The Krazyhouse, Liverpool. Sworn To Oath, Incassum & Annular. 18+ Krossfire Club Night
26th May The West End Centre, Aldershot. Orestea & Fires Of Tartarus. 14+
30th May Camden Barfly, London. Sworn To Oath & Orestea. 14+
31st May The Westcoast Bar, Margate. Sworn To Oath, Orestea Callous & Crashgate.
1st June Sanctuary, Barrow In Furness. Sworn To Oath & locals TBC.
2nd June Manchester Moho Live. Sworn To Oath, Incassum & Dirty Habit. 16+
A number of the Forever Never tracks are to be launched on to the Rock Band Network for Rock Band 3 and Rock Band Blitz on Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year.
