Archive for February, 2012
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HIGH ON FIRE To Release New Album “De Vermis Mysteriis” on April 3, 2012 HIGH ON FIRE To Release New Album “De Vermis Mysteriis” on April 3, 2012
Award-Winning Oakland Trio Announces Multiple Appearances at 2012 SXSW Festival
World renowned hard rock band HIGH ON FIRE will release its new studio album De Vermis Mysteriis on April 3 via eOne Music. Recorded in Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity Studios with producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, the 10 song effort -- touted as "direct, eye-opening and powerfully supernatural" -- is the band's sixth studio recording and the follow up to 2010's Snakes for the Divine which debuted at #62 on the Billboard Top 200 and has been called "wonderful" by The New York Times and "an exhilarating rush" by The Chicago Tribune.
De Vermis Mysteriis (or "Mysteries of the Worm") takes its title from a fictional grimoire created by Psycho ...
Posted in: New Albums, sxsw on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
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UNSANE Unleashes Brand New Song “Ghost”
WORLD FAMOUS NYC NOISE ROCK TRIO TO DROP NEW ALBUM "WRECK" ON MARCH 20, 2012!
Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled "WRECK". The seventh full length recording of the band's storied career will see a March 20, 2012 release date via Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. Today, Decibel premieres the brand new UNSANE track "Ghost", noting that the song "perfectly captures the tension, brutality and nervy edge" of the band's celebrated live performances. Check out the Decibel premiere of UNSANE's "Ghost" at this location!
Pitchfork recently gave music fans a first-listen to the new UNSANE record, premiering the heavy-handed new song "No Chance" - check it ...
Posted in: song premieres on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
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WHIRR Unveils New Song “Home Is Where My Head Is” via Pitchfork
San Francisco Shoegazing Six Piece Shapes Sensational Sonic Soundscapes; Set to Release New LP "Pipe Dreams" on March 13!
Bay Area post-shoegaze sextet WHIRR will release its debut full length Pipe Dreams on March 13 via Tee Pee Records. Recorded in Palo Alto, CA at The Atomic Garden (Grayceon, Rocky Votolato) the ten song effort generates suspenseful songs of soothing, razor sharp guitar textures backed by soft, cooling vocals. Today, Pitchfork gives music fans a first-listen to the new WHIRR material, premiering the new song "Home Is Where My Head Is" while calling the band "lush, dreamy noise-pop". Check out the Pitchfork premiere of WHIRR's "Home Is Where My Head Is" now at this location!
WHIRR's celestial sound has ...
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Los Angeles Progressive Rock Band ANCESTORS to Release New Album “IN DREAMS AND TIME” on April 10, 2012
Los Angeles psychedelic prog-rock band ANCESTORS will release its new album In Dreams and Time on April 10 via Tee Pee Records. Recorded in east LA's Infrasonic Sound (Queens of the Stone Age, Best Coast, Xasthur), the record showcases the band's most accomplished music to date and a creative sound that morphs from thunderous cacophony to soul-searching peaks and valleys as towering riffs collide with bleak beauty and deep wells of light and dark.
"In Dreams and Time' feels like the culmination of everything we've done so far," says ANCESTORS guitarist Justin Maranga. "The record incorporates elements of everything that we've come to feel that Ancestors is, as well as new things that we've never tried. We're hoping that ...
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UNSANE’s “No Chance” Premieres on PITCHFORK!
Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled "WRECK". The seventh full length recording of the band's storied career will see a March 20, 2012 release date via Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. Today, Pitchfork gives music fans a first-listen to the new UNSANE record, premiering the heavy-handed new song "No Chance" - check it out now at this ...
Posted in: Featured, song premieres on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
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HIGH ON FIRE Begins Work on Highly Anticipated New Record
AWARD-WINNING HARD ROCK TRIO JOURNEYS TO "THE WITCH CITY" TO RECORD NEW LP
Oakland, CA hard rock band HIGH ON FIRE has entered Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity Studios to begin tracking their as-yet-untitled new album. The world renowned group featuring drummer Des Kensel, bassist Jeff Matz and guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (also of legendary stoner metal trio SLEEP) is collaborating with producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou on the new effort; the band's sixth studio recording and follow up to 2010's Snakes for the Divine which debuted at #62 on the Billboard Top 200 and has been called "wonderful" by The New York Times and "an exhilarating rush" by The Chicago Tribune. A mid-2012 release date is expected via eOne ...
Posted in: Featured, New Albums on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
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San Francisco Rock Band WHIRR to Release New Album “Pipe Dreams” on March 13, 2012; Shoegazing Six Piece Shapes Sensational Sonic Soundscapes!
Bay Area post-shoegaze sextet WHIRR will release its debut full length Pipe Dreams on March 13 via Tee Pee Records. Recorded in Palo Alto, CA at The Atomic Garden (Grayceon, Rocky Votolato) the ten song effort generates suspenseful songs of soothing, razor sharp guitar textures backed by soft, cooling vocals.
WHIRR's celestial sound has been described as "if My Bloody Valentine decided to cooperate with Sonic Youth" and has drawn comparison to influential acts such as Slowdive, Lush, Ride and The Cocteau Twins. With Pipe Dreams, the band's supercharged spirit rejuvenates the '90s shoegaze sound, providing a widescreen update for the post-millennial era. WHIRR's wall of lush guitars, breathy vocals, dreamy synth and ...
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THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY Unveils New Music Video “Reflections”
Austin, TX psychedelic garage rockers THE SAINT JAMES SOCIETY have signed with NYC's Tee Pee Records and will release their self-titled debut The Saint James Society on February 7, 2012. Recorded at ATX's Cacophony Recorders (The Black Angels, Explosions in the Sky, Roky Erickson), the four song EP delivers electric rock music that brilliantly connects the dots between the late '60s British blues-based bands and the brooding atmosphere of early '80s post punk resulting in a hypnotically powerful sound the fabulous five-piece has coined "Pentecostal Desert Glam". Today, The Austin Chronicle premieres the quintet's new music video "Reflections", calling the band's sound "three-mile-wide psych rock". The video was lensed by ...
