NEWSDESK, 7th May 2010
> IRON FATE AT MASSACRE
German power metal hopefuls Iron Fate have signed with Massacre Records. The debut of the heavy quintet will be entitled Cast In Iron and will hit stores on July 17th - expect no less than the finest metal in the vein of Sanctuary or Judas Priest - must have for real metal heads!!!
http://www.myspace.com/ironfateband
> LATEST Y&T LIVE DATES
US:
May 13 ~ Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club (all ages show--under 18 must be with a paying adult)
May 14 ~ San Juan Capistrano, CA - Coach House (all ages show)
May 15 ~ Redondo Beach, CA - Brixton
May 22 ~ San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore (all ages show) + special guest Don Dokken
July 16 ~ Portland, OR - Peter's Room @ Roseland Theater
July 17 ~ Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
July 21 ~ Dacono, CO - The Roadhouse
July 22 ~ Colorado Springs, CO - SODO
July 24 ~ Wichita, KS - Midwest Rock Fest (all ages)
July 29 ~ Middleton, WI - Scatz Nightclub
July 30 ~ S Barrington, IL - Penny Road Pub
July 31 ~ Bolingbrook, IL - Tailgater's
August 4 ~ Pittsburgh, PA - Hard Rock Cafe
August 5 ~ Allentown, PA - Sterling Rock Room (all ages show)
August 6 ~ Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Theatre (16 & over)
August 7 ~ New York, NY - BB King Blues Club (all ages show)
August 8 ~ Springfield, VA - Jaxx
August 11 ~ Fort Worth, TX - Rock Dogs
August 12 ~ Corpus Christi, TX - Zeros Hardrock Club
August 13 ~ Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
August 14 ~ San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live (all ages show)
August 15 ~ El Paso, TX - Zen-Meister Bar
August 20 ~ Reno, NV - New Oasis (all ages show)
August 21 ~ Sacramento, CA - The Crest Theater (all ages show)
August 26 ~ Hollywood, CA - Key Club
August 27 ~ Tempe, AZ - Club Red
August 28 ~ Las Vegas, NV - Feelgoods
Europe:
June 10 ~ Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock Festival
June 12 ~ Donington, UK - Download Festival
June 13 ~ Taino (VA), Italy - Festa della Birra (free show)
June 15 ~ Koln, Germany - Underground Cologne
June 16 ~ Zwolle, Netherlands - Hedon Podium
June 17 ~ Dordrecht, Netherlands - Bibelot
June 19 ~ Clisson, France - Hellfest
September 27 ~ Belfast, N Ireland - Spring & Airbrake
September 28 ~ Dublin, Ireland - The Village
September 30 ~ Cardiff, Wales, UK - Millennium Music Hall + special guest Tigertailz
October 1 ~ Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy
October 2 ~ Leeds, UK - Rio's Leeds
October 7 ~ Glasgow, Scotland, UK - O2 Academy Glasgow
October 8 ~ Newcastle, UK - O2 Academy Newcastle
October 9 ~ Nottingham, UK - Rock City
October 14 ~ Southampton, UK - The Brook
October 15 ~ Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy Birmingham
October 16 ~ London, UK - O2 Academy Islington
October 28 ~ Prague, Czech Republic - Exit Chmelnice Music Hall
October 29 ~ Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
October 30 ~ Isernhagen, Germany - Blues Garage
November 5 ~ Zaragoza, Spain - Sala Devizio
November 6 ~ Valencia, Spain - Durango Club
November 7 ~ Madrid, Spain - Sala Heineken + special guest Lynch Mob
> RIOT KINGS VIDEO
'Weak and Divine', a brand new studio video from the Connecticut-based hard rock quartet Riot Kings, has just been released and is available for viewing on YouTube or below:
The moody video was directed and edited by Herzog, Sevigny, and Camera and features actress Lindsay Skipper. (Watch the last few seconds of the video to see some custom tattoo work by Tim Wright on Lindsay).
The song comes off the band's self-titled independent album available in its entirety on iTunes.
"Riot Kings" track listing: 1. Death Valley, 2. Save Me, 3. Weak and Divine, 4. Killing Time, 5. The Past, 6. Hypocrisy, 7. Holy Christian Bible Rocket, 8. Lift Off, 9. Guillotine, 10. Overconsumism
http://www.myspace.com/riotkingsrock
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Riot-Kings/239555403468
> DOMINO MEDIA + LONGFELLOW DEEDS
Domino Media Agency is proud to announce a great partnership with Longfellow Deeds Records, the French stoner/desert rock label.
Founded in 2004 by Xavier and Christelle, LDR has its own identity. Bands like Honcho, Black Rainbows, Rite or Thunder Express continue to follow it and work with since their first collaboration.
Longfellow Deeds Records works without boundaries. Several releases are coming this year (Black Rainbows, Rite...).
Follow the news about Longfellow Deeds on MySpace
> WINTERLAND JOIN 7MUSIC
German rockers Winterland recently signed with 7Music. Friends and soul mates Thorsten Fries (vocals) and Markus Pfeffer (guitars) founded the band in Kaiserslautern/Germany way back in 1996.
Thorsten Fries is a classically trained baritone and reviewers tend to compare his undoubtedly unique and deep voice to David Bowie. Markus Pfeffer used to be a member of AOR-band Scarlett and Folk-Rock-band Wet Desert. Scarlett played gigs all over Germany, supported bands like OMD, Wishbone Ash. Fool's Garden and Pur, received airplay on countless radio stations and appeared on national television. Wet Desert also toured the UK, played unrivaled festivals and won several band contests. Winterland released five albums in English language receiving rave reviews both online and in countless international music mags from 1997 to 2007.
In 2008, Fries and Pfeffer met the challenge to start writing German lyrics. The new album Alles geht ("Anything goes") still includes all the trademarks Winterland, being an insider tip for over a decade, has been known for: gloomy vocals, profound lyrics, rocking guitars, epic keyboards and catchy, memorable tunes stylistically combining diverse influences ranging from Classic Rock and AOR to Gothic and Eighties Pop melodies.
Fries and Pfeffer grew up listening to many different bands and styles such as Magnum, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Ten and Depeche Mode. Add some current German rock bands like Unheilig, Subway to Sally and Silbermond to the mix and you will get an idea of how Winterland's unique melancholic rock might possibly sound like. Winterland are coached by producer Stefan Glass (http://www.studio-23.net/), known for his work with Vanden Plas. Headcrash, Menschenskinder, Michael Spleth and Abydos.
The video for the Winterland's ear candy-compatible title track 'Alles geht' has already been broadcast daily on iMusic1 television due to viewers' requests for over a month. A new video for the ballad 'Strände der Einsamkeit' will be disclosed with the album release.
> THE TRADE DO FIGHT CLUB
The Trade is five young musicians hailing from the sleepy Scottish town of Forfar, who pride themselves on their stomping anthems that are 'fighting to get out'. The band is made up of Ross Milne on vocals, Bobo Martin on drums, Liam Moir on rhythm guitar, Craig Murray on lead guitar and backing vocals and Drew McLaren on bass and backing vocals. Having been together since 2008 they have established themselves quickly in the Scottish music scene and with extensive gigging they have fine tuned their music. Their sound is not to be missed and their live performances engage their audiences with their sing-along, clap-along anthems, with energy and fire that carries on long after the gig has ended.
It has been The Trade’s ambition to take their music along with their amazing energy to as many people as possible. Their massive and very loyal fan base continues to grow day by day and is a testament to their continuing hard work. In their time together the five-piece have already played in some of the country’s most prestigious venues such as King Tuts, The O2 Academy, ABC, The Doghouse, Cabaret Voltaire and Moshulu, and have taken their sound further afield with a tour of Ireland.
At the end of 2008 The Trade entered the studio to record the thirteen track demo entitled Empire. 2009 saw the band back in the studio to record their EP Breakdown, featuring indie stomper 'The Dealer' - the video of which received airplay on the digital TV service Virgin On Demand.
The Trade have worked with producer Jeff Allen (Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, Belle and Sebastian) at CaVa Studios, Glasgow to record their new single 'Fight Club'. April 2010 sees the band begin work with Jamie Savage, at the prestigious Chem19 recording studio, on the recording of their album Lie In The Dark, which will be released on June 14th.
The album release will be preceded by a 14 date Lie in The Dark UK album launch tour, which will see The Trade take their amazingly catchy tunes nationwide for the first time.
Confirmed dates so far include:
May 21st – Notty House, Sheffield
May 23rd – The Library, Leeds
May 25th - The Port Mahon, Oxford
May 26th – Death Disco, London
May 27th - The Spare Room, Birmingham
May 28th – Zanzibar Club, Liverpool
May 29th – Durham Livelounge
May 31st – George Square, Glasgow
June 2nd – Café Drummonds, Aberdeen
June 3rd – Sneaky Petes, Edinburgh
June 4th – Maggie Mays, Glasgow
June 5th – The Doghouse, Dundee
June 11th - Leith Fringe Festival, Edinburgh
Aug 28th – Rock At The Racecourse, Kelso
http://www.myspace.com/thetradesempire
> LIFEHOUSE DO SMOKE & MIRRORS
With Smoke & Mirrors, Lifehouse's fifth studio album, lead singer/guitarist Jason Wade, drummer Rick Wollstenhulme, bassist Bryce Soderberg and newly added guitarist Ben Carey, along with long time producer Jude Cole, have created a set that combines their live sound with great record making.
Smoke & Mirrors started out with a mission to capture the live, rock side of the band: a sound they had perfected after three years of solid touring. However, after living with the early tracks and experimenting with others, a piece of the puzzle seemed to be missing. Equal to their enthusiasm for the live sound, they also love to make studios records. After all, one of Lifehouse’s greatest achievements is the tens of millions of radio spins garnered over the span of 4 albums, so to create a record solely focusing on the sound from their show felt off balance.
A trip back into the studio to experiment in more of a 'record making' effort produced tracks like 'All In', 'Here Tomorrow Gone today' and the first singe 'Halfway Gone' co-written by Kevin Rudolf (Let It Rock).
Songs Like 'Smoke & Mirrors', 'Wrecking Ball' and 'Had Enough' (with guest vocals by Chris Daughtry) have a very raw and stage driven feel to them and certainly pay homage to the live show that Lifehouse is equally known for.
With this light hearted concept and fitting title, Smoke & Mirrors properly defines the best that Lifehouse has to offer, showcasing a rocking band with their 5th studio album full of new hit records for Lifehouse fans new and old.
Smoke & Mirrors is out on the 12th of July 2010 on IMS/Universal Music.
http://www.lifehousemusic.com/
> NEW ALLEN LANDE IN SEPTEMBER
> ENVY OF THE STATE'S SOUNDTRACK FOR YOUR LIFE
Envy Of The State are getting ready to release their debut album Soundtrack For Your Life through Red Label Records on June 7th.
The 4-piece rock band (from Telford near Birmingham) have completed a whirlwind 12 months that started this time last year with them flying to New York after being invited to play a music festival in the city by some US based talent scouts before returning home 10 days later with a record and management deal! The band then went about playing over 80 shows up and down the UK before decamping to the studio to record the 10 tracks that make up Soundtrack For Your Life.
Already play listed on Scuzz TV, Kerrang Radio, XFM and Total Rock, the band are about to embark on a 24 date UK tour with InMe and Fei Comodo and are currently very close to being able to announce a string of huge UK festival appearances and will be releasing their first single ‘Take Over The Radio’ (the video for this that has been play listed by Scuzz can be viewed here: http://vimeo.com/10354028).
http://www.envyofthestate.com/
> MICHAEL T. ROSS HAS A THREESOME
Michael T. Ross (Keyboardist for Lita Ford, Missing Persons, Accomplice, Angel & Hardline) will be returning to Italy the month of MAY 2010, performing with three different groups, along with representing Korg Keyboards at the Music Italy Show in Bologna.
Shows are as followed:
With Terry Ilous (XYZ) and Steve Saluto
13 May Arzignano, Vicenza (Italy)
14 May Cocciopestobiagio Di Callalta, Treviso (Italy)
15 May Music Italy Show/Bologna (Italy)
16 May Music Italy Show/Bologna (Italy)
17 May Music Italy Show/Bologna (Italy)
With Alen Brentini
21 May Rock Caffe- Pula (Croatia)
22 May Rock Caffe- Postojna (Slovenia)
23 May Club Tenk- Rijeka (Croatia)
With Markonee
28 May UFO Brunico (BZ) (Italy)
In January of this year, Michael performed for Arturia Instruments at the NAMM Music Convention in Anaheim, CA. In March,he played keyboards with Dale Bozzio's Missing Persons in Chicago, Pittsburgh, BB Kings (NYC) & Southbridge, Mass. (Michael also performed w/ Tommy Tutone).
In April, he was interviewed on The Denise Ames TV Show "Focus In The Mix" in Los Angeles, along with other guests Lemmy from Motorhead & Rudy Sarzo from Ozzy. You can hear Michael on the latest releases by Hardline - Leaving The End Open, Lizzy Borden - Appointment With Death, Terry Ilous - Hear and Gone & Lillian Axe - Sad Day on Planet Earth.
Michael's appearance in Italy is a follow up to a successful performance with Lita Ford at the Gods of Metal Festival in Monza, Italy, opening for Motley Crue last summer.
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