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FLOWERS OF HELL TO RELEASE SOPHOMORE ALBUM, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER JUNE 15th 2010 16 PIECE ORCHESTRAL ROCK GROUP COMPLETES PROJECT WITH HELP FROM MEMBERS OF BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, THE PATTI SMITH GROUP, BRITISH SEA POWER, BAT FOR LASHES AND MORE.

Over 30 musicians in over 40 sessions were pulled together in London, Toronto, Prague, Detroit, and Abilene, Texas for this masterpiece to be realized. Early support from the likes of NASA (as in the space orginazation), My Bloody Valentine, etc…

The trans-atlantic space orchestra known as the Flowers of Hell has plans to release their sophomore album, Come Hell Or High Water, June 15th 2010 on Unfamiliar Records. The 16 piece experimental orchestra led by Greg Jarvis recruited help from some of the industry’s best musicians including members of Broken Social Scene, Guided By Voices, The Patti Smith Group, Spiritualized, British Sea Power, Bat For Lashes, Spacemen 3, and others to help complete the project. Over 30 musicians in over 40 sessions were pulled together in London, Toronto, Prague, Detroit, and Abilene, Texas for this masterpiece to be realized.

In 2002, Canadian Greg Jarvis started the Flowers Of Hell as a studio project in London. Three years later the project expanded into a live British band and extended across the ocean to Toronto in 2008. Their debut self-titled album received critical praise for creating classical tangents reminiscent of The Velvet Underground & Nico and the late Spacemen 3/early Spiritualized sound.

In the Fall of 2008 by special request from My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, the group opened for My Bloody Valentine on one of the eight dates of the North American reunion tour. Yet an accolade came from a much higher place when NASA’s mission control staff declared their love for the band’s symphonic space rock, synching one of their songs with footage of Discovery’s 2009 voyage. The video went viral amongst Space Center workers, resulting in the band appearing on the Space Channel.

The composing, recording, arranging and mixing of Come Hell Or High Water was done largely by Greg Jarvis following his timbre-to-shape synaesthetic visions. Synaesthesia is a neurological phenomenon where two senses are intermingled. With the rare timbre-to-shape variant, sounds involuntarily trigger a translucent visual layer of moving shapes which follow a consistent audio-visual language. Greg Jarvis explains, “I see sounds. When I hear sounds, I see each timbre in front of me as shapes that follow patters, often gliding, pulsing and swirling, while the rhythm and timing interlock them all. Each timbre behaves differently, and that’s the main reason we’ve got such a variety of instruments on the album.”

“They take orchestral pop to the next level” -ROLLING STONE

“Stirringly evocative” -NME

NASA’s 2009 Discovery voyage accompanied by Flowers Of Hell

FLOWERS OF HELL – COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
1. Opus 66 (Part 1)
2. Bluemschen
3. Forest Of Noise
4. The Strength Of String
5. White Out
6. Darklands
7. Pipe Dreams
8. The Invocation
9. Past Tense
10. Occasional Tears

GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE ANNOUNCE SPRING 2010 TOUR DATES SECOND SINGLE ‘ON YOUR OWN’ IMPACTS RADIO APRIL 12th

Ft. Worth, TX rockers Josh, Jamey, Geoff, Denton & Joshua aka Green River Ordinance are getting back out on the road. They’ve had huge success with their Virgin Records debut, Out of My Hands and will be releasing their new single ‘On Your Own’ impacting radio April 12th. The song has already been featured on The Hills, The Young and the Restless and was used repeatedly as the sign off song on So You Think You Can Dance. As their music cracks the Top 20 Hot Adult Rock chart Billboard magazine claims ‘Green River Ordinance establishes itself as a pop-rock act to keep an eye on in 2010’.

A testament to the power of their live show, the band recently broke the record for most CD’s sold at The Nokia Theater in NYC. They’ve toured with the likes of Counting Crows, Gavin DeGraw, Train, David Cook, Third Eye Blind, Collective Soul, Five for Fighting, Michelle Branch, and Need To Breathe.

Recently, the band penned an inspirational song called ‘Rise Up’, exclusively for the AT&T Team USA Winter Olympics Compilation, joining world-renowned recording artists 3 Doors Down, Mariah Carey, Gloriana, Rascal Flatts, Puddle Of Mudd, Sugarland and others. The song is currently available on iTunes and all sales from the compilation made before March 2nd benefited Team USA. In addition, the band will be heading out to sea as part of VH1’s Best Cruise Ever hosted by 3 Doors Down – plus Lifehouse, Shinedown and more. The cruise will feature non-stop concerts from your favorite VH1 bands, VH1-themed activities and contests, plus the chance to hang with your favorite artists.

Catch Green River Ordinance on tour, dates below:

March 26 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory

March 27 Austin, TX Stubbs

March 29 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck

March 31 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

April 1 Minneapolis, MN Station 4

April 2 Des Moines, IA House of Bricks

April 3 Milwaukee, WI Rave Bar

April 6 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge

April 7 Knoxville, TN Square Room

April 8 Atlanta, GA Vinyl

April 9 Louisville, KY Headliner’s

April 11 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater

April 13 Tampa, FL Ritz Ybor (Supporting Lifehouse)

April 15-19 VH-1 Best Cruise Ever

April 22 Houston, TX House of Blues

April 24 Dallas, TX House of Blues

April 26 Denver, CO Bluebird

April 27 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court

April 28 Boise, ID Knitting Factory

April 30 Seattle, WA El Corazon

May 1 Portland, OR Berbati Pan

May 3 San Franscico, CA Café du Nord

May 4 Modesto, CA Theatre

May 6 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour

ROONEY SET TO SELF-RELEASE NEW ALBUM, EUREKA, JUNE 8th

Los Angeles quartet Rooney are very proud to announce the release of their new album, EUREKA. Produced and crafted entirely by the band, EUREKA will be released June 8th on California Dreaming Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. The follow-up to Rooney’s two critically acclaimed albums – ROONEY & CALLING THE WORLD – EUREKA sees the band not only showcasing their most inventive and original material to date, but also seeking innovative and self-motivated ways to develop in a new climate, playing a vital role in the future of the music industry.

Taking control of their music brings Rooney back to their roots. Formed in 1999, the band began self-producing and promoting EPs with endless shows on The Sunset Strip and along the way garnered a massive fan base in their hometown of Los Angeles and beyond. Among those fans was Geffen Records, who signed the band and released their first two albums.

Since the release of their debut self-titled album, Rooney’s irresistible songs have continually captivated fans and critics with what Spin, Details, Entertainment Weekly, Alternative Press, Nylon, The New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine hail as “elaborate sunny vocal harmonies crowning anthems.” EUREKA continues to showcase the band’s knack for creating melodic hooks, reverberating guitars and heartfelt harmonies. From the playful rhythmic groove of lead single
I CAN’T GET ENOUGH to the timeless pop balladry of INTO THE BLUE, from the psychedelic sounds of STARS AND STRIPES to the blissful and breezy pop of I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU, EUREKA not only succeeds with 12 impressive and infectious tracks, but spotlights the band’s gift to craft intelligent and stimulating rock songs.

Developed through years of non-stop touring with artists like Weezer, The Strokes, Travis and Granddaddy, and two highly praised records, Rooney’s irresistible collection of songs and fiercely loyal fan-base have impacted modern rock & alternative radio stations and infiltrated video outlets such as MTV, VH1, Fuse and MTV2. Along the way, Rooney has performed on The OC, The Today Show, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

THE BIRD AND THE BEE PREMIERE ALL 9 SONGS FROM THEIR NEW HALL & OATES TRIBUTE ALBUM ON 9 DIFFERENT WEBSITES JOHN OATES MAKES SURPRISE GUEST APPEARANCE WITH THE BAND AT THE EL REY THEATER IN LOS ANGELES INTERPRETING THE MASTERS VOLUME 1: A TRIBUTE TO DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES TO BE RELEASED ON EMI’S BLUE NOTE RECORDS ON MARCH 23

the bird and the bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/producer Greg Kurstin, kicked off a musical scavenger hunt for their fans today by premiering all nine songs from their new album Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates on nine different websites: AOL Spinner, BrooklynVegan, Entertainment Weekly, Idolator, MySpace, PerezHilton, Prefix, and SPIN, and USA Today. The acclaimed band’s third full-length album, which will be released March 23 on EMI’s Blue Note Records, is a love letter to famed “rock and soul” duo Hall & Oates that features eight classic covers along with one new original song “Heard It On The Radio.”

the bird and the bee played a once-in-a-lifetime concert on Friday night at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate the album release, and were joined on stage by very special surprise guest John Oates for performances of “Maneater,” “She’s Gone,” and “I Can’t Go For That” In a rave review in today’s Los Angeles Times, August Brown wrote that Oates “couldn’t have asked for a more articulate love letter than the one the bird and the bee just gave him.” The entire concert was webcast live at Livestream.com, and will be archived on the site starting on March 22.

THE BIRD AND THE BEE’S HALL & OATES SCAVENGER HUNT TIPSHEET:

1. Heard It On The Radio – MySpace
2. I Can’t Go For That – Brooklyn Vegan
3. Rich Girl – SPIN
4. Sara Smile – Entertainment Weekly
5. Kiss On My List – Idolator
6. Maneater – PerezHilton
7. She’s Gone – AOL Spinner
8. Private Eyes – USA Today
9. One on One – Prefix

U.S. SCREENINGS OF ANIMAL COLLECTIVE S ODDSAC ANNOUNCED CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, LA, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, AND SEATTLE DATES ALL SCREENINGS WILL FEATURE Q&A WITH DIRECTOR DANNY PEREZ AND MEMBERS OF ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ODDSAC DVD SET FOR JUNE 29, 2010 RELEASE

ODDSAC is a feature film collaboration between the band Animal Collective and filmmaker Danny Perez. The film was co-conceived by and stars Animal Collective, whose 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion was named album of the year by SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, and Pitchfork, and topped critic s end of year lists worldwide. ODDSAC is a dense and surreal layering of audio and visual elements that eschews conventional narrative to create a visceral, immersive experience.

ODDSAC features an original score with new songs from the band and complex digital manipulation by Perez, a debut filmmaker and visual artist known for his concert projections with musicians such as Black Dice and Panda Bear. ODDSAC represents a new synthesis of music and film, a visual album” whose songs will not be released in any other form. ODDSAC is the result of over four years of intense collaboration between Perez and the band. “It was meant to be an open-ended operation of audio-video synthesis, the passing back and forth of visuals and sound so that each would inform the other and create an organic structure,” said Perez.

Director Danny Perez

Visual artist Danny Perez s evolving aesthetic is informed by a mutated sense of rhythm and the relationship between sound and image. He unique visual constructions have screened at galleries and museums worldwide and in conjunction with touring bands like Black Dice. His debut feature ODDSAC is a collaboration with the band Animal Collective and a visionary visual album and their de-facto new album.

Danny was born in Washington, DC and currently resides in Philadelphia. He graduated from NYU in 2002. Danny is currently developing his next feature, which he calls a cross between Bully, Altered States, and Evil Dead.

Animal Collective

Animal Collective is a band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in Lisbon, DC, NYC and Baltimore. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deacon, (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform. The band members met in high school and started recording together in various forms of collaboration from a young age. The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks on which they have released their own material as well as that of other artists.

ODDSAC SCREENINGS

March 17

Chicago IL, USA

Music Box Theatre

$15. 7pm, 9pm.

March 20

Minneapolis MN, USA

The Cedar

$15. 7pm, 9pm.

March 22

Los Angeles CA, USA

ArcLight Cinerama Dome

$15. 7pm, 9pm.

March 25

San Francisco CA, USA

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas

$15. 6:30pm, 8:30pm.

March 29

Portland OR, USA

Cinema 21

$15. 7pm, 9pm.

March 30

Seattle WA, USA

The Egyptian Theatre

$15. 7pm, 9pm.

CARIBOU SET TO RELEASE SWIM APRIL 20, 2010 ON MERGE RECORDS

FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF FIRST SINGLE ODESSA AVAILABLE NOW

About a year ago, Caribou mastermind Dan Snaith couldn t swim. On a good day, he might get a decent doggy paddle going but, really, he could barely stay afloat. All that changed when his wife got him swimming lessons for Christmas. Then I became completely obsessed with it and now I swim constantly, he says. The only times I really left the house in the past year were either to go out to a club late at night or, in the middle of making music during the day, I d go to swim every day. It was important to get some distance, and ideas would percolate around in my head as I was swimming away. So it seemed like a theme that was appropriate.

With its absorption of club culture sounds weaved within subtle pop frameworks, Swim is Caribou s masterpiece—the record he s wanted to bring to fruition for as long as he s been making music.

A Canadian from small-town Ontario now based in England, Snaith has been a leading figure in electronic music over the past decade. A mathematics scholar and an ingenious multi-instrumentalist/composer, he surprised critics and fans with 2007 s Andorra, a brilliant, electro-tinged pop breakthrough with a timeless grace that made most year-end Best of lists and won Canada s prestigious Polaris Music Prize. After the startling infectiousness of Andorra, Swim is a more complex, multi-layered affair—ripe with fascinating rhythms, instrumentation, and vocals (including those of Born Ruffians Luke Lalonde, who appears on Jamelia )—that becomes more alluring with each listen. And it s got Caribou floating.

The real substance of the sound of the record for me is this idea of making dance music that consists of liquid elements, Snaith explains. Rather than sounding metallic and rigid, everything is washing around you while you re listening to it—from one ear to another —but also the pitch is oscillating up and down, and each instrument is going in and out of tune with everything else. Sounds are emerging and disappearing, like everything is made out of water. Dance music is very much associated with very crisp, metallic, clean sounds. I like this idea of dance music that just washes around with fluidity.

I feel like it s the most me album that I ve made, Snaith continues. In the past, oftentimes part of the excitement of making music for me was hearing someone else s music—some long-forgotten record from the past—and deciphering how to make those sounds and incorporate those ideas into something of my own. This record is much less a product of its influences. I think this is the record that I m most proud of because it s the most me in the way things sound; I feel like I have my own vocabulary now. So much of contemporary music is soaked in referencing this or that. I wanted people to put the record on and not be able to say, This sounds like so- and- so. I want people to say, This sounds like Dan! It s what everybody wants—to have their fingerprint on the music they re making. I feel like I ve achieved that to a greater extent than I have in the past, and that s exciting.

Tracklisting:
1. Odessa
2. Sun
3. Kaili
4. Found Out
5. Bowls
6. Leave House
7. Hannibal
8. Lalibela
9. Jamelia

KIMBERLY CALDWELL MAKES HER DEBUT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION PERFORMING PREMIERE SINGLE “MESS OF YOU” ON THE ELLEN SHOW TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH FORTHCOMING ALBUM “WITHOUT REGRET” SET FOR APRIL 6TH RELEASE

Named one of ten “Top Musicians to Watch in 2010″ by NY Post, Kimberly Caldwell is already proving that she can live up to the expectations. The Vanguard/Capitol Records artist will be making her national debut appearance performing the first single, “Mess of You,” from her forthcoming album Without Regret on Tuesday, March 9th on The Ellen Show (Check local listings for airtimes).

Available on iTunes, “Mess of You,” which Us Weekly called a “dark, brooding and hooky rocker,” was the #4 Most Added at Hot AC radio and the accompanying video premiered on Yahoo! on February 23rd. Entertainment Weekly wrote, “It’s taken Season 2’s husky-voiced finalist almost seven years to complete her debut disc, but guitar-driven tracks like the ear-candy lead-single ”Mess of You” make it definitely worth the wait.”

While fans have been waiting a long time for the album, Kimberly was not trying to rush it. She says, “”I still needed to figure out exactly who I was as an artist before I put out anything. I wanted to believe in this — to know that this album truly represents who I am. Now I’m on the right path and I really feel, for the first time, like I am truly fearless.”

Fresh off of television appearances on Entertainment Tonight, The Early Show and The Joy Behar Show, amongst others, and write ups in USA Today, LA Times, Us Weekly and more, Kimberly is excited to finally be focused on her music and share it with her fans.

Vybz Kartel – Thank Yuh Jah video

Directed By Nordia Rose.

J*DaVeY – Get Together video

Directed by V-Chip.

LONG ISLAND HEAVY METALLERS MISERY ANNOUNCE SHOW WITH ANVIL ON MARCH 19th IN NEW YORK NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE THIS SUMMER

Hard Hitting Long Island metallers MISERY have just confirmed a show with the band Anvil in New York, NY. The show is going to be at the Gramercy Theater on March 19th. Tickets are on sale now so make sure you don’t miss your chance to see MISERY tear the roof off of the Gramercy.

Formed in the early 90’s in Long Island, NY, MISERY are known for their powerfully aggressive sound and their relentless non-stop touring across the east coast. Their full length debut album “Fifteen Years of Aggression” was released in 2008 and has received rave reviews from many publications in the metal community. The album was produced by legendary Life Of Agony guitarist Joey Z. Joey took such a liking to the band that he asked MISERY to support Life of Agony on their East Coast run in December of 2008 and January of 2009. MISERY has played endless shows up and down the East Coast of North America and have supported bands such as Napalm Death, Buckcherry and Testament. Playing with such an eclectic mix of bands has given MISERY the chance to perform in front of all sorts of different crowds exposing them to fans that may not have seen them otherwise.

In 2009 MISERY reached the #12 position on the FMQB Metal Radio Charts and they can be currently heard in Sirius-XM’s “Liquid Metal” as well as cable music outlets Music Choice and DMX.

MISERY is currently at the Systems 2 Recording Studio in Brooklyn, NY where they are working on their follow up to “Fifteen Years of Aggression”, entitled “Evil Is Crowned” They are working again with producer Joey Z from Life of Agony, and once the album is completed it will be mastered at Sterling Sound home of dozens of platinum and multi-platinum releases. The album is scheduled to be released this summer via Super Metal Records. Currently two tracks off of the record are being spun religiously on Sirius-XM’s Liquid Metal and the tracks have been receiving rave reviews from all over the world.

PORTLAND DUO NICE NICE ANNOUNCE SPRING TOUR DATES, PLAY SXSW, RELEASE NEW ALBUM EXTRA WOW ON APRIL 6

Nice Nice is set to release a new LP on April 6 called Extra Wow via Warp Records. Nice Nice will make their first SXSW appearances this March, leading them up to tour dates in April.

Extra Wow is an extremely apt title for an album that presents itself as a constantly unfolding collection of kaleidoscopic musical sediments. Each song effectively builds on the one before it to create the effect of an album-length crescendo that encompasses everything from forward-reaching psychedelia and neo-primitive electronic experiments to dub rhythms and learned lessons from the pillars of krautrock. From the acid-punk opening of One Hit it s apparent that establishing your equilibrium within the world of Nice Nice will not be easy.

Nice Nice is from Portland, Oregon. Jason Buehler and Mark Shirazi have been using their guitars, drums, voices, electronics and lots of other stuff to create their post-everything modern music for nearly a decade. By playing countless kinetic live shows around the US, they ve honed their unorthodox craft.

With precision motorik propulsion and synesthesistic textures, tracks like Everything Falling Apart and A Vibration drive Extra Wow along at a pace that demands a commitment from the listener. A rewarding and mindbending journey, this album should be the first step in building a legion of fans for these future heroes.

TRACK LIST

1. Set and Setting

2. One Hit

3. A Way We Glow

4. On and On

5. Everything Falling Apart

6. Big Bounce

7. See Waves

8. A Vibration

9. A Little Love

10. Double Head

11. Make It Gold

12. New Cascade

13. It s Here

TOUR DATES

03.17 SXSW 2 PM – Music Gym

03.17 SXSW – Warp showcase 8 PM – The Phoenix

03.18 SXSW – Hype Machine/Lose Control Party 12 PM – Vice House

03.21 El Paso, TX – Black Market

03.22 Phoenix, AZ – Trunk Space

03.23 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland

03.24 San Diego, CA – Casbah &

03.26 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine %

04.15 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel *

04.16 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas *

04.17 New York, NY – Santos Partyhouse *

04.18 Brooklyn, NY – Market Hotel *

04.19 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs *

04.20 Montreal, CANADA – La Sala Rosa *

04.21 Toronto, CANADA – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern *

04.22 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom – Pike Room *

04.23 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *

04.24 Cincinnati, OH – Northside Tavern *

& w/ Tobacco

% w/ Neon Indian, Nite Jewel

* w/ Trans Am

RJD2 – A Spaceship For Now video

The official video for RJD2’s “A Spaceship For Now” single from their album Colossus out now!

THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND’S “BABY” REMIXED BY ARCHITEQ, DEBUTS ON RCRD LBL

Scottish DJ Architeq amps up the darkness in his remix of Phenomenal Handclap Band’s “Baby,” premiered on RCRD LBL. The track unsettles but compels, simultaneously working its way into the “pleasure” and “fear” centers of a listener’s brain. It’s creepy, smoky, and delightfully, addictively catchy. Click the photo to download the track, or head to RCRD LBL directly.

Also, check out the video for the original “Baby”

The Phenomenal Handclap Band is now on tour in the UK, but stay tuned for more US dates to be announced!

The Phenomenal Handclap Band On Tour:
3/04 Leeds, UK – A Nation of Shopkeepers
3/05 Glasgow, SCOTLAND – Captain’s Rest
3/06 Liverpool, UK – Kazimier
3/07 Nottingham, UK – Bodega Social Club
3/09 London, UK – Cargo
3/11 Bristol, UK – Start the Bus
3/12 Brighton, UK – Coalition
4/30 New York, NY- Terminal 5 w/ Gossip

White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights promo video

TESTAMENT’S VIP PACKAGES TURNING FANS INTO FRIENDS ACROSS AMERICA SPOKANE, WA VIP

Thrash kings TESTAMENT, are currently out on the road with Exodus on Megadeth’s “Rust In Peace” 20th Anniversary Tour. This monumental metal extravaganza kicked off on March 1st in Spokane, WA and runs through March 31st in Los Angeles, CA. Keep in mind that this is no ordinary metal tour, this will be an event to remember for years to come as Megadeth will is playing their entire “Rust In Peace” record, TESTAMENT will be tearing through their debut thrash masterpiece “The Legacy” and Exodus will be performing a special set as well. In celebration of this unprecedented event in metal history, TESTAMENT are giving their devoted legions a chance for an up close and personal encounter to be a part of Heavy Metal History by offering an exclusive VIP package for each date on the tour. The VIP package includes:

– General Admission ticket with early entry to venue (where available)
– Meet & Greet with select members TESTAMENT
– Individual photo with select members of TESTAMENT
– Q&A session with select members of TESTAMENT
– Autograph opportunity with select members of TESTAMENT
– Commemorative Meet & Greet laminate
– Collectible TESTAMENT Guitar Pick

Drummer Paul Bostaph had this to say on the VIP experience, “VIP packages are great for the band for to participate in, we get to hang out with people that have been fans of the band for years as well as people who are new fans of the band. I am looking forward to seeing everyone who comes out.”

Front man Chuck Billy also commented about hanging with the fans and the VIP experience, “We love offering up these VIP packages because it gives us the opportunity to hang out with old school TESTAMENT fans as well new TESTAMENT fans that are coming to the shows. So far the first three nights have been incredible, and I know the rest will be too. So make sure you get your VIP pack and come hang out with us.”

CATCH TESTAMENT ON TOUR WITH MEGADETH AND EXODUS
3/6 Calgary, AB @ Big Four
3/7 Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Center
3/8 Saskatoon, SK @ Praireland
3/11 Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theater
3/12 Greensburg, PA @ The Palace Theater***SOLD OUT***
3/13 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom***SOLD OUT***
3/15 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club***SOLD OUT***
3/16 Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live***SOLD OUT***
3/18 Scranton, PA @ Scranton Cultural Center
3/19 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
3/21 Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
3/22 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel***SOLD OUT***
3/23 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
3/25 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
3/26 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Amphitheatre***SOLD OUT***
3/27 Lubbock, TX @ The Pavilion
3/28 El Paso, TX @ Club 101
3/30 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theater
3/31 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium

After a brief postponement, the mighty TESTAMENT will be joining forces with Megadeth and Slayer for the first time in over 20 years on the American Carnage Tour. The tour kicks off July 23rd in Quebec City, and winds up on September 4th in Portland, OR.

The metal masses have been clamoring for a tour of this magnitude for quite some time and TESTAMENT are stoked to be a part of it. Again as a special exclusive to the TESTAMENT Legions, the band is offering a limited number of VIP Packages for every United States date on the tour. The exclusive TESTAMENT VIP package includes:

- One general admission ticket with early entry (where available)
- Exclusive Meet & Greet with the members of TESTAMENT
- Personal photograph with the band
- Autograph session (includes 8X10 photo)
- Exclusive TESTAMENT Affliction Shirt
- Collectible Tour Poster (limited, numbered)
- Exclusive TESTAMENT Music Skin
- Official VIP Meet and Greet Laminate
- Official set of TESTAMENT Guitar Picks

TESTAMENT’S highly successful and award-winning album The Formation Of Damnation has been reissued in a deluxe tour edition which is in stores now. Information on the Deluxe Tour Edition of “The Formation Of Damnation” can be found below

The Formation of Damnation (Deluxe Tour Edition)
2-disc deluxe tour edition of the band’s comeback album! Includes bonus
footage of classic tracks + more;

Disc 1:
1. The Persecuted Won’t Forget
2. Killing Season
3. Afterlife
4. The Evil Has Landed
5. The Formation Of Damnation
6. Henchmen Ride
7. More Than Meets The Eye
8. Dangers Of The Faithless
9. False Evidence Appearing Real (F.E.A.R.)
10. Leave Me Forever

Disc 2
• The New Order *Audio and Video
• Practice What You Preach *Audio and Video
• Souls Of Black *Audio and Video
*Recorded in Alcatraz for their MTV “52/52” special
• More Than Meets The Eye music video

CATCH TESTAMENT ON THE 2010 AMERICAN CARNAGE TOUR

7/23 Quebec City, QC @ Pavillon de la Jenuesse
7/24 Montreal, QC @ Heavy MTL @ Parc Jean Drapeau
7/26 Halifax, NS @ Metro Centre
7/27 Moncton, NB @ Moncton Coliseum
7/29 Toronto, ONT @ Molson Amphitheatre
7/30 London, ONT @ John Labatte Center
8/11 Albany, NY @ Glen Falls Civic Center
8/12 East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
8/14 Boston, MA @ Tsongas Arena
8/15 Camden, NJ @ Susquehana Bank Center
8/16 Wallingford, CT @ Chevrolet Theater
8/18 Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Amphitheatre
8/19 Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena
8/20 Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
8/21 Minneapolis, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
8/23 Kansas City, @ Cap Fed Park @ Sandstone Arena
8/24 Denver, CO @ Magness
8/25 Albuquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum
8/27 Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
8/29 San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless
8/30 Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arena
8/31 San Francisco, CA @ Cow Palace
9/3 Seattle, WA @ Wamu Theatre
9/4 Portland, OR @ Washington County Fairgrounds

CARIBOU ANNOUNCES WORLD TOUR MERGE RECORDS TO RELEASE ‘SWIM’ APRIL 20, 2010

Caribou is please is to announced a world tour beginning in Manchester, England on April 19th. The North American leg of the tour will begin on May 3rd in Toronto. Merge Records will release Swim, Dan Snaith s new album, on April 20th.

If you think you know Caribou, think again. Swim is the sound of the musical glass ceiling being blown away.

If there is a link to previous album Andorra, it would be in the ravishing explosions of sound pulsing through album closer Niobe . A continuum of sorts leads us to 2010, but that finale gives mere hints as to the future Caribou. From the opening effervescent gambol of Odessa to the glorious odyssey of Jamelia , it s crystal clear that Caribou has made a massive leap forwards, upwards and sideways. Swim is full of brightly textured, rapturous gems that gleam with astonishing production – and then wrenches at your heart with soulful, thoughtful reveries on the passing of time, family history and the breakdown of relationships.

This year will also see a dramatic difference in the Caribou live performance. Now that technology has finally caught up to Dan s ambitions for the band s show, while it will still be four musicians on stage, the dynamic interplay between visuals, electronics and the live sound is totally pliable.

Now we can play the mix onstage like a dub mixer would – but even moreso than a Lee Perry because almost everything can be manipulated – not just the things that are controlled on a recording studio mixing desk. We can get that washing-around feeling and the unpredictability of sounds undergoing changes all the time. They say it takes a few years for the new century to kick in here we go.

CARIBOU TOUR DATES

Apr 19 MANCHESTER – Deaf Institute

Apr 20 LONDON – Corsica Studios

Apr 21 AMSTERDAM – Paradiso

Apr 22 BRUSSELS – Beursschouwburg

Apr 23 PARIS – Le Point Ephemere

Apr 24 LAUSANNE – Le Romandie

Apr 25 ST. GALLEN – Palace

Apr 26 MILAN – Magnolia

Apr 27 MUNICH – Feierwerk

Apr 28 BERLIN – Berghain

Apr 29 HAMBURG – Prinzenbar

Apr 30 AARHUS – Pop Revo Festival

May 01 STOCKHOLM – Strand

May 03 TORONTO, ON – Phoenix

May 04 OTTAWA, ON – Babylon

May 05 MONTREAL, PQ – Tulipe

May 06 BOSTON, MA – Middle East Downstairs

May 07 BROOKLYN, NY – Music Hall

May 08 NEW YORK, NY – Bowery Ballroom

May 09 PHILADELPHIA, PA – First Unitarian

May 10 WASHINGTON, DC – RNR Hotel

May 11 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Jefferson

May 12 CHAPEL HILL, NC – Cat’s Cradle

May 13 ATLANTA, GA – Earl

May 14 BATON ROUGE, LA – Spanish Moon

May 15 HOUSTON, TX – Warehouse Live Studio

May 16 AUSTIN, TX – Emo’s

May 18 PHOENIX, AZ – Clubhouse

May 19 LOS ANGELES, CA – El Rey

May 20 SAN DIEGO, CA – Casbah

May 21 MEXICO CITY, MX – Teatro Fru Fru

May 24 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Independent

May 26 PORTLAND, OR – Hawthorne

May 28 VICTORIA, BC – Sugar

May 29 VANCOUVER, BC – Rickshaw

May 30 GEORGE, WA – Sasquatch

May 31 CALGARY, AB – Republik

Jun 01 EDMONTON, AB – Starlite

Jun 02 SASKATOON, SK – Amigo’s

Jun 03 WINNIPEG, MB – Royal Albert Arms

Jun 04 MINNEAPOLIS, MN – 7th St Entry

Jun 05 DAVENPORT, IA – Rock Island Brewing Co.

Jun 07 ST. LOUIS, MO – Firebird

Jun 08 LOUISVILLE, KY – Zanzabar

Jun 09 CLEVELAND, OH – Grog Shop

Jun 10 HAMILTON, ON – Casbah

Jun 11 HALIFAX, NS – Paragon

ACRASSICAUDA STREAMING NEW EP ONLY THE DEAD SEE THE END OF THE WAR TODAY ON MYSPACE BAND TO HOST HEADBANGERS BALL MARCH 8th, EP RELEASE ON MARCH 9th

Acrassicauda, the Iraqi metal band who were the subject of VICE Films’ documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad, are set to release their debut EP Only the Dead See the End of the War on VICE Records Tuesday, March 9th. To the many who have been following the band’s trials and tribulations over the course of the last six years this is an event of paramount importance.

In honor of this highly anticipated release there will be many opportunities to check the band out beginning with an exclusive stream of the EP at Myspace today. They will also grace television screens as guest hosts of MTV2’s Headbangers Ball on March 8th. In addition, those unfamiliar with the band’s back story will have the opportunity to stream Heavy Metal in Baghdad online at VBS.TV beginning March 8th.

Myspace album stream:
http://www.myspace.com/wwwacrassicaudas5com

Early press on the EP:

“Acrassicauda has packed this four-song debut EP with potent riffs, hooks and heavy grooves that any Metallica or Slayer fan will savor.” – TIMEOUT NY

“Only the Dead See the End of the War certainly redeems Acrassicauda’s struggle” – DECIBEL

Mr. Gnome announces spring U.S. tour, new EP recorded at Josh Homme’s studio

“Even better than their last album, which I loved. Sounds like ethereal icelandic fairies being pummeled by concrete guitars in a dirty Cleveland parking lot. AKA: awesome.” ‘Eight Criminally Underrated Albums of 2009′ — Paste Magazine

“The Rollicking ‘Plastic Shadow’ is a rust bucket rocker that Cat Power should have recorded, and ‘Pixie Dust’ glitters like some lost 4AD band from 1988: light as a feather, but heavy enough to weaken the knees, much like the album as a whole.” — Bust Magazine

“The awesome rush of sound that comes out of Nicole Barile’s lungs and guitar and Sam Meister’s drums seems much bigger and more powerful than anything two people are capable of. Mr. Gnome don’t really sound like anyone else, and their ghost-ridden songs only make sense with a dreamtime logic.” — LA Weekly

Critically-praised Cleveland duo Mr. Gnome has announced U.S. tour dates beginning in March in support of a new EP due out later this month. The EP, titled Tastes Like Magic will be released on vinyl and digital download on March 16th. The new songs were recorded at Josh Homme’s (QOTSA, Them Crooked Vultures) Pink Duck Studios in Los Angeles, where Mr. Gnome also recorded its recent album, Heave Yer Skeleton.

Chan “Cat Power” Marshall fronting Queens of the Stone Age? Karen O leading Death From Above 1979? Mr. Gnome has been given many unusual comparisons, all of which seem to indicate the band’s spectacularly unique sound. And, while none seem to fully capture the band’s loftily heavy-beautiful music, Mr. Gnome continues to captivate and inspire writers and audiences alike. The band’s stunning performance video for “Spain” is a perfect example.

Upon completing recording in Los Angeles, the endlessly touring pair of guitarist/vocalist Nicole Barile and drummer/vocalist Sam Meister mixed the tracks at Butch Vig’s Smart Studios in Madison, WI with Beau Sorenson (Death Cab For Cutie, Sparklehorse, The Secret Machines, Garbage, Tegan and Sara).

Mr. Gnome on tour:
03/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose
03/27 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
03/31 Charlotte, NC @ Evening Muse
04/03 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/04 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
04/05 Pensacola, FL @ The Handlebar
04/09 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr.
04/10 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
04/14 Salt Lake City @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
04/15 Boise, ID @ The Bouquet
04/17 Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern
04/20 Los Angeles, CA @ The Silverlake Lounge
04/21 San Diego, CA @ The Beauty Bar
04/22 Phoenix, AZ @ The Sail Inn
04/23 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/27 Springfield, MO @ The Outland
04/28 Lawrence, KS @ The Replay Lounge
04/30 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
05/07 Fort Wayne, IN @ Columbia St. West
Tastes Like Magic
Artist: Mr. Gnome
Release: Tastes Like Magic EP
Label: El Marko Records
Release Date: March 16th, 2010

01. Devil Be Gone
02. Three Red Birds (MP3)

Heave Yer Skeleton
Artist: Mr. Gnome
Album: Heave Yer Skeleton
Label: El Marko Records
Release Date: November 10th, 2009

1. Spain
2. Hills, Valleys and Valium
3. Slow Side (MP3)
4. Plastic Shadow (MP3)
5. Sit Up & Hum
6. Titor
7. Vampires (MP3)
8. Cleveland Polka
9. Pixie Dust
10. Today Brings a Bomb
11. Searider
12. Heave Yer Skeleton

ELUVIUM NEW CD SIMILES OUT NOW ON TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD! SPRING TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!

The long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed Copia, Eluvium takes a courageous creative leap with Similes, an 8-song album featuring three key musical elements previously uncharted by Eluvium: percussion, a verse-chorus song structure, and singing. For a celebrated experimental musician, it was just about the bravest and scariest direction to go. In this way, Similes is the most truly experimental Eluvium album yet, and also the most accessible. Written, performed and recorded as always by Matthew Cooper in his own Watership Sounds studio, Similes marries Eluvium’s trademark dream-like aura with Cooper’s unique, laconic vocals, akin to an especially contemplative Ian Curtis with trace reflections of Magnetic Fields and Brian Eno. It is the most daring – and ultimately most rewarding – work of Eluvium’s impressive and prolific career.

What s more notable, and important, though, are the continuities present here. Not just in instrumentation and mood, but also in those things presence in Cooper s newest weapon: words. – Dusted

With Similes, he has re-grounded himself using surprisingly un-ambient means: plaintive vocal turns, steady human percussion, traditional and discernible instrumentation. – URB

Watch the video for The Motion Makes Me Last on Pitchfork!

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3993-eluvium-the-motion-makes-me-last-temporary-residence

Download Leaves Eclipse The Light and The Motion Makes Me Last from Similes now

Eluvium Tour Dates

04.29 – Portland OR @ Holocene

05.03 – San Francisco CA @ Cafe du Nord

05.04 – San Diego CA @ Casbah

05.05 – Los Angeles CA @ Bootleg

05.06 – Phoenix AZ @ Trunkspace

05.08 – Austin TX @ Parish

05.09 – Denton TX @ Hydrant

05.10 – Houston TX @ Mangos

05.12 – Tallahassee FL @ Engine Room

05.13 – St. Augustine FL @ Cafe Eleven

05.14 – Atlanta GA @ The Earl *

05.15 – Asheville NC @ Harvest Records *

05.16 – Carrboro NC @ Cat’s Cradle *

05.17 – Washington DC @ DC9 *

05.19 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *

05.20 – Allston MA @ Great Scott *

05.21 – Montreal @ Casa del Popo *

05.22 – Toronto @ Drake *

05.24 – Chicago @ Schuba’s *

05.26 – Louisville @ 21C Museum Hotel

05.30 – Denver @ Larimer Lounge

05.31- Salt Lake City @ Kilby Court

* w/ Julianna Barwick

Sabbath Assembly Reawaken The Hymns Of The Process Church of the Final Judgement Rock, Psychedelic, and Gospel Music Unite on Restored To One (:AJNA: Records; May 11th)

Click HERE for an MP3 of “Hymn of the Consecration”

Restored to One is a modern response to the musical activities of a cult known as The Process Church of the Final Judgment, who used music to spread their visions of Gnostic reconciliation in a time of cataclysmic change. Sabbath Assembly has re-charged the original hymns of The Process Church and worked them into moving renditions that unite the trinity of rock, psychedelic and gospel music into one triumphant re-awakening.

Restored To One features the following:

JEX – Jex Thoth (I Hate Records); Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice (5RC, Destijl); James Jackson Toth (Rykodisc, Ecstatic Peace).

XTIAN a.k.a. Dave Nuss – No-Neck Blues Band (Sound at One Records); Curator of SOURCE Family’s Magnificence in the Memory archival release (Drag City); Boredoms drum leader for Boadrum 777, 888, 999 concerts.

RANDALL DUNN – Producer (Sunn0))), Earth)

ARIK ROPER – Album artist (High on Fire, Om, Witchcraft)

The Process Church was an intensely creative, apocalyptic shadow side to the flower-powered ’60s and New Age ’70s. The influential group opened Chapters in London, Europe and across the United States. Dressing in black cloaks and walking the streets with German Shepherds, they created their own intricately designed magazines, and promoted a controversial, quasi-Gnostic theology that reconciled Christ and Satan through deeper awareness and love. Funkadelic reproduced Process writings in two of its albums.

The Process Church was accused of being part of a Satanic underground conspiracy by true crime pulps, most notably Ed Sanders’ The Family, which linked the Church to the Manson murders. The insider’s perspective of this secretive group and its true leadership recently emerged with Feral House’s LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH: The Inside Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment, written by former members including Timothy Wyllie, and edited by Adam Parfrey.

Band statement:

“Sabbath Assembly’s Restored to One is dedicated to the quest set forth by the Church to conquer fear with love, rePROCESSing their hymns for the current generation.”

The recording follows on the heels of a highly successful, strategically planned series of live shows across the US in the Fall of 2009, which presented a ceremony featuring Sabbath Assembly performing the original hymns of the Church – all previously unrecorded. More live events shall follow along with a documentary on the Process Church made by William Morris of Skinny Puppy, a video for a song from the coming release, standard CD and LP releases and an archival LP box set (including readings of Process sacred literature by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Adam Parfrey, and Lydia Lunch, as well as LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH author Timothy Wyllie), and an off-Broadway theatre extravaganza entitled “Gaming the Gods” based on the rise and fall of the Church.