Winnipeg’s Propagandhi have compiled a ‘mixtape’ for the NME. The selections were chosen by each member of the band, and include the likes of Black Sabbath, Venom, SNFU, Rush and NoMeansNo. The feature can be found here.
The band will this week embark on their second visit to the UK in 2009 alongside Strike Anywhere and Protest The Hero.
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Guitarist SLASH (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N’ ROSES) has issued the following update: “Hey, what’s happening? I had planned on posting this sooner, but the holiday came…
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German black metallers DARK FORTRESS have updated their MySpace player to stream the new track ‘The Valley’. Check it out at this location. Dark…
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Italian metallers SICKENING have updated their MySpace player to stream the new preview track ‘Blast Of Madness’. The track is a preview, waiting the recording…
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The South by Southwest music festival will take place from March 17th to the 21st of 2010 in Austin, Texas. Organizers have announced the first batch of showcasing bands, a list that includes Broadway Calls, Apostle Of Hustle, the Riverboat Gamblers, Japandroids, the Pack A.D., and Steel Train, Frightened Rabbit, Past Lives, Geeks, and others.
You can find the full list at the SXSW website.
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Maldivian metallers NOTHNEGAL have issued the following update: “Guess it’s time for an update on the developments on our upcoming album.
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MOG has launched a new “all-access music subscription” service. The service costs $5.00 and features “millions” of tracks from major-label and indie artists. Unlike free services, the system is ad-free, and claims to be better than similar services from “Rhapsody, Pandora and iTunes”
The system competes with free on-demand streaming from Spotify and MySpace rather than more a la carte offerings from iTunes. While we haven’t reviewed the service yet, a quick random sampling of music in the system included Jawbox, NOFX, Snapcase, two albums from A Wilhelm Scream, the three Epitaph Records releases from Hot Water Music, Paramore, Against Me! and full catalogues from major label signed bands like Green Day and The Clash.
Though we didn’t try every artist, the only one that appeared to completely stump the system was material from [[Fugazi] and the Dischord Records releases.
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Dine Alone Records have posted the new video from Hamilton, Ontario’s Arkells. “Pulling Punches” is the third single from 2008’s Jackson Square.
The five piece recently picked up the “Favorite New Artist” award at the fan voted CASBY awards thrown by Toronto radio station Edge 102.1.
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Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford on December 1, 2009.
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Israel’s progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will release their highly anticipated fourth studio opus, “The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR”, in Europe on January 25, 2010 and in the U.S.
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Champions of the old-school Swedish death metal style (Stockholm, not Gothenburg), Ventura, California’s FATALIST recently stepped in front of the camera to begin shooting a video for the track “Frozen Epitaph”.
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Celebrated trad ska revivalists Hepcat are getting back together for three shows this December. The group will reconvene at Slim’s in San Francisco, CA on December 19th, at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, CA on the 26th, and at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA on the 27th.
At the San Francisco show the group will be joined by Ron Silva & The Monarchs along with DJ Selector Kirk. The Solana Beach gig will feature San Diego’s Skavolutionary Orchestra and The Amalgamated.
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Celebrated trad ska revivalists Hepcat are getting back together for a rare show this December. The group will reconvene at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA on December 27th. The group will be joined at the show by San Diego’s Skavolutionary Orchestra and The Amalgamated. More details can be found at the venue’s website.
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