Brighton-based rockers The Crave wrapped up their latest tour in Birmingham. We were there… Live Review
25/01/12
Pre-Order Therapy?’s New Album Now
Therapy?’s forthcoming album ’A Brief Crack Of Light’, due for release on February 6th, is now available for pre-order at Amazon: CD or limited edition vinyl. Or you can buy it direct at Global Music.
The Irish rockers new single 'Living In The Shadow of The Terrible Thing' is out now. Check out the video below.
Quirky power rockers The James Warner Prophecies are set to release their debut album 'Things Change' on March 12.
Produced and engineered by the band's frontman, Joe Brown, 'Things Change' expertly displays the bands energetic mix of sounds. Taking strands of pop-punk, rock and pop and forging them with powerful and honest lyrics, it's an anthemic blast, with reference points from Queen to The King Blues to My Chemical Romance. Their sound also comes from a distinctly British perspective, injecting just the right amount of self-awareness and subversive humour.
Having won 'Best EP/Single' for their 2011 EP 'Fell' at last years Pure Rawk Awards, this year they have been nominated for FOUR Awards - 'Best Band', 'Best Front Person', 'Best Bassist' and 'Best Drummer'. The winners are to be announced in April.
Renowned for their spectacular live show the Midlands-based trio have supported the likes of Supergrass, The King Blues, Go:Audio and Alabama 3. They have also played at numerous festivals. A full UK Tour is being planned for April.
Lead track 'Define' is accompanied by an awesome video, courtesy of young filmmaker Daniel James Broadley
Head over to iTunes
To download ‘Bully’ - the first single lifted off Shinedown’s forthcoming full-length ’Amaryllis’. ’Amaryllis’ is set to be released on March 27th 2012.
The band will be over in the UK next month with support from Halestorm. For dates and tickets head over to www.ticketmaster.co.uk
20/01/12
Octane OK Announce Special London Show
Octane Ok are playing a special one off headline show at the Camden Barfly on February 21st. It is an important show for the Midland’s quartet where they will be showcasing brand new songs. The last time the band played in London the show sold out in advance so be quick to purchase your tickets to avoid disappointment!
Tickets are available now from Ticketweb and cost £6.
Janus - singer David Scotney, guitarist Mike Tyranski, bassist Alan Quitman and drummer Johnny Salazar - experienced great success with their 2009 debut album, ‘Red Right Return’, but the band’s new album, ‘Nox Aeris’, reveals how far they’ve come.
The self-produced ‘Nox Aeris’, is due out March 27 on REALID Records (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group). The first single, ‘Stains’ explores what can happen when you don’t follow your heart, the marks left on your spirit when you become someone you’re not. “It embodies what I was trying to say on the record,” says singer David Scotney, “it’s a dark point of view, but represents a cathartic process of self-healing.”
In 2012 touring news, the band’s first round of Stateside tour dates will be with Chevelle and Middle Class Rut starting February 24 in Grand Rapids, MI. Additional dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
Unisonic - the long awaited reunion of Kai Hansen (ex Helloween / Gamma Ray) and Michael Kiske (ex Helloween), with Mandy Meyer (ex Asia, Krokus and Gotthard), Dennis Ward and Kosta Zafiriou (Pink Cream 69).
Their first single is the self-titled ‘Unisonic’ and you can watch the video below. The clip was directed by photographer / director Martin Hausler, who previously worked with artists like Meat Loaf, Gotthard, Helloween and Motörhead.
Unisonic’s debut album will be released on March 30th via earMUSIC.
Derby rock trio, LostAlone have announced that their second album, titled ‘I’m A UFO In This City’ will finally see the light of day with a release set for 5th March 2012 (4th March 2012 digitally).
The Deluxe editions of the album will also be available in two formats:
1. The physical version with a DVD titled ‘5354.9 Miles From Home’ which documents the making of ‘I’m A UFO In This City’ plus a bonus photo gallery accompanied by an exclusive unreleased demo, ‘Celebrate Your Strange’.
2. The digital version which features four previously unreleased bonus tracks: ‘Sin And Sinners’, ‘History Romanticises Traitors’, ‘Escape’ and ‘Dead Men Walking’.
LostAlone spent five weeks recording in Los Angeles during May 2010 with acclaimed producers, Jacknife Lee (Weezer, U2, REM), Greg Wells (Mika, Deftones), executive producer Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
Singer Steven Battelle says: “Recording with Jacknife Lee and Greg Wells opened up new ways of recording to us and enabled us to achieve the ambition I had always had for the band, being let loose in such amazing studios was our dream and we utilised everything they had to offer. I feel as though we’ve made a giant leap forward from our debut album and in terms of how I hear LostAlone in my head, we are now closer than ever. ”
Watch the album trailer plus the video for their new single, ‘Do You Get What You Pray For?’ which is out 5th February.
The track listing for ‘I’m a UFO In This City’ is as follows:
01. Obey The Rules You Lose
02. Love Will Eat You Alive
03. Paradox On Earth
04. UFOria (The Dark)
05. Vesuvius
06. Creatures
07. Orchestra Of Breathing
08. Put Pain To Paper
09. Do You Get What You Pray For?
10. We Are The Archaeology Of The Futures Past
11. The Downside Of Heaven Is The Upside Of Hell
‘I’m A UFO In This City’ is available to pre-order now via Play.com
If you haven’t already booked your tickets, don’t forget LostAlone will be touring their new album on a mammoth UK/Irish tour in Feb/March 2012 supporting InMe. A full list of dates can be found HERE. Tickets cost £12 and are available to buy now at www.seetickets.com.
10/01/12
Evans Blue Set To Release New Album on April 17th 2012
Million-selling rock band Evans Blue has revealed that their forthcoming fourth studio album Graveyard of Empires will be unleashed on April 17th via Sounds + Sights Entertainment. Boasting infectious anthems fuelled by indelible rock bravado, the band delivers an irrefutable musical powerhouse.
Evans Blue broke onto the scene in 2006 with their #1 debut on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart with The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume, which spawned the Top 5 single ’Cold (But I'm Still Here)’. The band’s first three studio albums have collectively sold over one million units worldwide.
The band is comprised of Dan Chandler (vocals), Parker Lauzon, (guitar), V (guitar) and Joe Pitter (bass), who are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on Graveyard of Empires with longtime producer Trevor Kustiak and mixer Dan Korneff (Papa Roach, Breaking Benjamin). Jason Pierce (Paramore’s touring drummer) hit the skins on nine tracks and band friend Mike McClure drummed on the album’s first single ‘This Time It’s Different’ and on ‘Halo’ - which was released in December as a holiday gift to fans.
“This album has something to say. It’s very personal for us, human and honest,” says Chandler. “You can hear our growth as a band and as brothers. We’re excited to share it with our fans!” Lauzon adds, “We poured our heart and soul into this album. We’ve bled on every track.”
Take a listen to the vibrant, vicious, raw, ‘This Time It’s Different’ which debuted in the Top 25 on the iTunes Rock chart, and ‘Halo’HERE
