Rock The Bells 2012
The 9th annual Rock The Bells hip-hop fest has released its 2012 lineup announcement. Originally beginning in 2004 in San Bernardino, this year it will consist of two-day events at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California (8/18-8/19), Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California (8/25-8/26) and PNC Bank Arts Center in Homdel, New Jersey (9/1-9/2). [...]
Sunday’s Best: At The Drive-In
Back in the day, when this place was crawling with forums and chats about random acts of music, we used to poll ourselves to see which release by an artist not only set them atop of the industry but stapled them in as musical gods. At the Drive-In is an influential post-hardcore band from El [...]
Video Of The Week: Cypress x Rusko “Roll It, Light It”
When creating our 4/20 podcast a few weeks ago, we were looking for a dubstep track to include. Random google searching landed me listening to a song by Cypress Hill and EDM artist Rusko. Not being able to find many details, I had no idea this was a new song. The two have teamed up for a new [...]
Artist Update: Races
RACES have been steadily building a word-of-mouth following across the Mountain West and their native Southern California since the release of their debut “Big Broom” EP last fall and their debut LP Year of the Witch this March. The LA sextet, who have been described as “Laurel Canyon’s answer to Broken Social Scene”, are now [...]
Bonnaroo & YouTube Announce Partnership
Bonnaroo and YouTube are excited to announce Bonnaroo365, (youtube.com/bonnaroo 365). Set to launch on May 7, 2012, Bonnaroo 365 will take the approach of the festival that Rolling Stone named as “one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll” and evolve it from an annual terrestrial event into a digital [...]
The 1st Ever Transgender Rockstar: Against Me’s Tom Gabel
Image credit: Rolling Stone This week will go down in history without doubt. Today the President of the United States set precedent by expressing his view endorsing same sex marriage. Then it was announced that Against Me! lead singer and frontman Tom Gabel is going to become a woman. According to Rolling Stone, who broke [...]
Artist Update: Dirty Heads
So-Cal alternative rockers The Dirty Heads have announced the initial run for their co-headlining summer tour with Matisyahu. The band will be spreading their signature rock/reggae/hip-hop sound that that is synonymous with its good vibes on this 40 plus city US jaunt beginning in Washington, DC on July 8th. Tickets go on sale beginning May 11th. The band’s [...]
Full Flex Express Tour 2012
In line with his ongoing attempts to re-imagine the idea of touring and performance, ubiquitous Grammy-winning DJ/producer Skrillex announces a string of Canadian dates featuring some of the most bubbling names in Electronic Dance Music, all of whom will be traveling between cities on a private passenger train. At each stop, a festival event will [...]
Artist Update: The Toadies
We first told you last month that Texas rockers The Toadies would be touring with Social Distortion, then later this year with Helmet! Toadies announced last month that they would release a six-song EP, but they have now decided to release a full album instead. Play.Rock.Music. will be out in late July. “Summer of the Strange,” the lead track, is now available on [...]
Artist Update: Florence + The Machine
Florence + The Machine have recently been on tour in support of their newest record, Ceremonials. Blood Orange has been providing the opening support. Most of these dates sold out extremely fast. Today is was announced that Flo will be returning in the fall to the US for the third time in 2012, performing another [...]
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