Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Stagedive Day Out '09

Stockholm's Stagedive Day Out '09 is taking place on 22nd August this year.

Line up:

Close-Up Magazine

* Millencolin (SE)
* Andrew W.K. (US)
* Dance Gavin Dance (US) NY!
* The Ghost of A Thousand (UK)
* Sonic Syndicate (SE)
* Dead By April (SE)
* We Are The Ocean (UK)
* Hadouken! (UK) NY!
* Attack! Attack! (UK)
* Kid Down (SE)
* Disco Ensemble (FIN)
* Me vs Hero (UK)
* Paige (UK)
* Saving Joshua (SE)
* Adept (SE)
* Intohimo (SE)
* My Passion (UK)
* Yashin (UK)
* Dividing The Line (UK)
* Union Square (SE)
* Plan Three (SE)
* Brides (UK)
* Lower Than Atlantis (UK)
* Proceed (UK)
* Bedwetters (EST)
* Vildhjarta (SE)
* Casiokid (UK)
* You Ate My Dog (SE)
* Lights Go Blue (UK)
* Venus Will Fall (SE)
* Rock N’ Roll Allstars (SE)


More info at:

http://www.stagedivedayout.com/artister/

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Ghostfest 2009 sold out!

Ghostfest tickets are now officially sold out according to promoters. The event takes place this weekend (27th/28th June) at Rios, Leeds. Set times are as follow:


SATURDAY

DOORS OPEN 1:00PM

2:00 - 2:30 THIS IS COLOUR*
2:30 - 3:00 MARTYR DEFILED
3:00 - 3:30 INGESTED
3:30 - 4:00 LOWER THAN ATLANTIS
4:00 - 4:30 HEART IN HAND*
4:30 - 5:00 POST MORTEM PROMISES
5:00 - 5:30 BURY TOMORROW*
5:30 - 6:00 EVITA
6:00 - 6:30 YASHIN
6:30 - 7:00 THE EYES OF A TRAITOR
7:00 - 7:30 IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION*
7:30 - 8:00 AZRIEL
8:00 - 8:30 THE ARUSHA ACCORD*
8:30 - 9:00 ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY
9:00 – 9:45 TED MAUL*
9:45 - 10:30 WHITECHAPEL


SUNDAY

DOORS OPEN 1:00PM

2:00 - 2:30 THRONE OF DECIA*
2:30 - 3:00 PROJECT METROPOLIS
3:00 - 3:30 VEILS*
3:30 - 4:00 BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL
4:00 - 4:30 CHAOS DAYS*
4:30 - 5:00 TRACES
5:00 - 5:30 THE ARGENT DAWN*

5:30 - 6:00 MORE THAN LIFE
6:00 - 6:30 *N/A”
6:30 - 7:00 VIATROPHY
7:00 - 7:30 FAILSAFE*
7:30 - 8:00 YOUR DEMISE
8:00 - 8:30 FLOOD OF RED*
8:30 - 9:00 SYLOSIS
9:00 – 9:45 DEAD SWANS*
9:45 - 10:30 DESPISED ICON

* = performing on the second stage

RX Bandits - new album available to preorder



Exciting news in the ska world as not only are Big D releasing a new album, but the RX Bandits are also releasing new material. 'Mandala' is due for release mid July and is currently available to preorder on vinyl/cd from the band's official webstore:

http://hellomerch.com/sh/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=14&Itemid=2

Big D and the Kids Table announce new album

'Fluent In Stroll' is Big D and the Kids Table's sixth full-length album.

Singer David McWane said the following about the forthcoming release: "We call our new record's style of music 'Stroll'. It's a mix of Hop-scotch, Double-Dutch, Soul, Ska and Reggae. I feel this record is most like our 1st record, Shot By Lammi. Everyone in Big D is in such a great place mentally right now, have it be simply because it's summer, or because of the great election we recently had, or maybe simply we're just a bit older and not moaning as much...so anyone who gets a hold of our new record will find that Fluent In Stroll is Big D back to where we began."

Fluent In Stroll was produced by Joe Gittleman (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) and mixed by Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Dinosaur Jr., Uncle Tupelo.) Catch Big D on the entire 2009 Warped Tour in the US.

Limited edition signed copies of the new album are available for preorder from: http://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=103&deptnr=595

Sonic Boom Six single due for release - 6th July 2009

Manchester’s Sonic Boom Six release their new single ‘The Concrete We’re Trapped Within (It’s Yours)’ on July 6th through Rebel Alliance Recordings label. The first single to be taken from their critically-acclaimed album City of Thieves, the track’s mix of socially-conscious lyrics, dynamic rock hooks, jungle drum loops and energetic ska-punk is the ideal introduction to the signature sound of the band. Already a staple of Mike Davies’s Radio 1 Punk Show, the song has attracted plays across Total Rock Radio, Kerrang! Radio and Bruce Dickinson’s BBC Radio 6 Rock Show.

In addition to recording a live session for the Radio 1 Punk Show, SB6 will be playing acoustic in-store shows up and down the country around the single’s release to promote the track and sign copies of the album.

Available as CD and download, the formats include two previously unreleased tracks, a new remix and the video of ‘The Concrete We’re Trapped Within (It’s Yours)’.

INSTORE DATES:

6th July Cafe Pop Manchester 6pm
7th July Banquet Records Kingston 6pm
8th July Reskue Skate Shop 5pm
9th July London All Ages 5pm
10th July Alton Astra 3pm
13th July Exeter Martian Records 4:30pm
14th July Taunton Martian Records 5pm
15th July Leicester Rockaboom 12:30pm

People in Planes - new album released July 2009

People in Planes dynamic album ‘Beyond the Horizon’ will be released in the UK on 6th July on Wind-up Records via ADA Global.

Fresh from supporting Funeral for a Friend, People in Planes have become essential listening for those in the know. With attention from BBC Radio 1, XFM, BBC 6 Music, NME TV and Kerrang! TV, their incredibly tight, seamless guitar anthems dazzle with interlaced guitar riffs and drumming bass lines. It is no surprised that these boys from Cardiff have garnering awe-inspiring comparisons to Radiohead, Pearl Jam and Muse. They also supported The Stereophonics in the States and Biffy Clyro in the UK before Christmas, plus are very excited about playing Download this summer.

The album was produced by Dan Austin (Doves, Massive Attack), and also in conjunction with outfit Eleven, longtime collaborators with Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Queens of the Stone Age, and producers of acts such as No Doubt and Josh Homme. Eleven member Natasha Schneider sadly finally succumbed to cancer this year, and it is to her the new album is dedicated. She made a huge impact on the band.

Bassist Kris agrees that the intensity of the experience at Rockfield Studios in Wales really helped them drum out an album of precision and intensity. “Recording in the countryside puts you in a totally different headspace to the busy hectic City life. Personally I would opt for the country every time, less distractions and it’s a better way to clear your head and stay focused for longer.” The band was hungry to improve on their sound and move forward. “We re-wrote parts of the songs to make them as perfect as we could,” muses frontman Pete. “It was painstaking at the time but looking at it now from a distance, you reap the rewards I think. Blood and guts went into it.”

Listening to Beyond the Horizon you can’t help but be drawn in to a raft of tunes; the resounding emotion of ‘Pretty Buildings’, the pensive progression of ‘Evil With You’ and its infectious guitar riff, the urgency of ‘Mayday’ and the incredible seductive saunter of ‘Last Man Standing’ all blend to make an album of resounding quality that melts into sonic liquidity.

People in Planes are Gareth Jones (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Peter Roberts (guitar, vocals), Kris Blight (bass), John Maloney (drums) and Ian Russell (keyboard).

Placebo to headline itunes Festival on 14th July and tour UK in December

PLACEBO ANNOUNCED AS ITUNES FESTIVAL HEADLINE ACT ON JULY 14TH AS NEW ALBUM ‘BATTLE FOR THE SUN’ RIDES HIGH ACROSS THE WORLD

Placebo are pleased to announce that they will headline the iTunes Festival at The Roundhouse in London on July 14th. This follows the band’s recent worldwide chart-storming success of the release of their new and now critically acclaimed album ‘Battle for the Sun’. Placebo stormed the charts across Europe and worldwide, hitting No.8 in the UK and entering the charts at No.1 in nine countries, including a first ever No.1 in Germany. The band hit the top five in nineteen other countries and they have also had their first ever Billboard Top 100 placing in the US at No.51. Right across the board, ‘Battle for the Sun’ has bettered all previous chart positions in Placebo’s 13-year history.



This, along with 25 European festival appearances this summer (including a return to the mainstage at the Reading/Leeds festivals) and a huge arena tour booked for later in the year, culminating in The O2 Arena in London in December, shows the band going from strength to strength. In short, 2009 is shaping up to be a very good year for Placebo!



The December dates are as follows:



Tuesday 08th Birmingham LG Arena

Wednesday 09th London The O2

Friday 11th Bridlington Spa

Saturday 12 Manchester Central

Monday 14th Glasgow SECC

Tuesday 15th Dublin Olympia Theatre

Wednesday 16th Dublin Olympia Theatre

The 69 Eyes Confirm Kerrang! Awards Show and Exclusive London Pre-Listening Party


Hot off their appearance at Download Festival, The 69 Eyes have been confirmed as special guests to Buckcherry at their exclusive Kerrang! Awards Show performance on 30th July at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town, London.

“This is gonna be a show not to be missed by any fucking chance!” says frontman Jyrki69 “Your favourite Helsinki Vampires gonna make you bleed, just to then get lit up by Buck-Fuckin'-cherry, man!!! This night IS devoted to sex, blood and rock'n'roll!!!”

In preparation for their new album, “Back In Blood”, the band have also announced an exclusive pre-listening party at the Intrepid Fox in London’s West End straight after the show. Jyrki and his partner is crime drummer Jussi 69 will be making a personal appearance and a DJ set which will include songs from the new album, giving fans a chance to hear tracks from “Back In Blood” for the first time up front of the album’s August 31st release.


The 69 Eyes Live with Buckcherry and Dear Superstar

30 July 2009 HMV Forum Kentish Town London

Exclusive pre-listening party/aftershow

30 July 2009 The Intrepid Fox St Giles High Street, London



http://www.myspace.com/theofficial69eyes www.69eyes.com

New Enter Shikari album - Common Dreads

Enter Shikari have released their new album, “Common Dreads”, this week and in support of it, they did a track-by-track explanation for each song on the album: