Eskimo Callboy is streaming the title track to their latest album Crystals, out June 23, 2015 in the US via Spinefarm Records. The band will be on a two week tour supporting Upon This Dawning, Outline in Color and Silence the Messenger in early June.
Jun 01: Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA
Jun 02: Aftershock – Merriam, KS
Jun 04: The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
Jun 05: Dirty Dog Bar – Austin, TX
Jun 06: Korova – San Antonio, TX
Jun 07: Crossroads Music Venue – Tyler, TX
Jun 09: The Rock – Tucson, AZ
Jun 11: Whiskey a Go Go – West Hollywood, CA
Jun 12: The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
Jun 14: Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
CRYSTALS TRACK LISTING:
“Pitch Please”
“Baby (T.U.M.H.)”
“My Own Summer”
“Kill Your Idols”
“Ritual”
“Monster”
“Best Day”
“2 Fat, 2 Furious”
“F.D.M.D.H.”
“Paradise in Hell”
“Crystals”
“Walk on the Thin Line”
“Closure”
Finnish hillbilly rockers Steve’N’Seagulls are streaming a video of their rendition of Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy,” off of Farm Machine, out May 12, 2015 via Spinefarm Records, which can be viewed below.
Anti-Flag has posted their lyric video for “Sky is Falling,” off of their Spinefarm debut American Spring, out May 26, 2015. The song focuses on drone strikes, following the recent event of an American and an Italian citizen were killed by one and media attention has been anywhere but on this serious subject.
The band commented:
“We release this song and video days after President Obama apologized for a drone strike that inadvertently killed an American and an Italian being held captive by al Qaeda in Pakistan. President Obama did the right thing by apologizing to the victims and their families. But otherwise, his apologies fall short of the target.
“We call on President Obama to extend his apologies to victims of U.S. drone strikes who do not hold U.S. and European passports. Furthermore, we demand an end to the U.S. drone program.
“There are countless innocent victims, families and communities whose lives have been devastated by illegal, out of control, and unaccountable U.S. drone strikes. This onslaught of aggression is sold to the American people as a surgical strike program that combats terrorism and makes the U.S. safer, when its net total result is neither.
“During the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers were under orders to win over the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people while simultaneously ordered to burn down their villages. For obvious reasons, this policy was a failure. U.S. drone policy is no different, turning innocent people who would otherwise not be in opposition to America against the U.S.
“This policy is immoral, unethical and unproductive. Amnesty International has questioned the legality of the U.S. drone program in relation to international law.
“This song focuses on the fact that dropping bombs on people’s heads is terror, regardless of who is dropping those bombs. Be it a high tech U.S. drone firing munitions without warning or a suicide bomber detonating an explosive vest without warning, instruments of terror are those that keep a civilian population on edge due to the constant threat of attack.”
Shining will be releasing their next recordings through Spinefarm Records, expected out later in 2015. The album was mixed by Sean Bevan (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle), and is about to be mastered in Los Angeles by Tom Baker of Baker Mastering. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Jørgen Munkeby, Norwegian collective Shining, fresh from a European tour guesting with Devin Townsend, have been breaking down musical barriers for the past 15 years, mixing progressive, technical metal, jazz, avant-garde and experimental sounds with cutting-edge visuals and blazing live performances.
Anti-Flag is streaming a lyric video for “Fabled World,” off of American Spring, out May 26, 2015 via Spinefarm Records. Watch it below.
The band has a string of upcoming May tour dates with The Homeless Gospel Choir and War On Women.
AMERICAN SPRING TOUR DATES
w/ The Homeless Gospel Choir and War On Women
May 14: South Gate House – Newport, KY
May 15: FUBAR – St. Louis, MO
May 17: The Record Bar – Kansas, MO
May 18: Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
May 19: Slowdown – Omaha, NE
May 20: Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, CO
May 21: Marquis Theater – Denver, CO
May 23: Punk Rock Bowling – Las Vegas, NV
Atreyu is streaming a music video for a brand new song “So Others May Live,” off their upcoming seven inch single out April 18, 2015 for Record Store Day. Watch it below.
They will release a 7″ featuring both “So Others May Live” and the brand new track “When the Day Is Done.” These are the first new Atreyu songs to surface in years. This live footage, which captures the band in its most natural state, was filmed at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA in December of 2014.
A brand new album will be released later this year via the joint venture partnership between Raw Power Management‘s Search & Destroy label and Spinefarm Records.
Finnish viral sensations Steve’N”Seagulls is streaming their rendition of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long,” off their forthcoming album Farm Machine, out May 12, 2015 via Spinefarm Records. Watch it below to understand what this is all about.
Sporting possibly the greatest band name in history, S’N’S, comprised of an acoustic guitarist/vocalist; a banjo player; a double-bassist; a big dude wearing overalls and a beaver hat playing mandolin/keyboards/accordion/whatever-he-gets-his-hands-on; and a cajon-straddlin’ percussionist, have delivered a 13-track album featuring rural riffs and villager vocals, filled to the brim with “hillbillified” versions of immortal heavy metal standards—the track listing is below.
It’s a body of work best enjoyed with a bathtub of moonshine close at hand, but really, as foot-stompingly enjoyable as S’N’S are on record, you ain’t seen nothin’ ’til you’ve experienced The ‘Gulls live.
Track Listing:
“Grand Opening”
“Black Dog”
“Thunderstruck”
“The Trooper”
“Ich Will”
“Paradise City”
“Nothing Else Matters”
“Over the Hills and Far Away”
“Seek and Destroy”
“Holy Diver”
“Run to The Hills”
“You Shook Me All Night Long”
“Cemetery Gates”
36 Crazyfists have announced new North American tour dates with Toothgrinder and Sleepwave on select dates. They are promoting their new album Time and Trauma, out now via Spinefarm Records. Stream their new music video for “SwingThe Noose”, directed by Kevin Custer below.
May 09: The Loft – Lansing, MI (With Toothgrinder)
May 10: Mojoes – Joliet, IL (With Toothgrinder)
May 12: The Agora Theatre and Ballroom – Cleveland, OH (With Toothgrinder)
May 13: Championship Bar – Trenton, NJ (With Toothgrinder)
May 14: Empire – Springfield, VA (With Toothgrinder)
May 15: The Champ – Lemoyne, PA (With Toothgrinder)
May 16: Webster Hall – New York, NY (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 17: Webster Theater – Hartford, CT (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 19: Bar Le Ritz PDB – Montreal, QC (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 20: Mavericks – Ottawa, ON (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 22: Hard Luck – Toronto, ON (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 23: Centerstage Bar and Grill – Kokomo, IN (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 24: Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave)
May 25: Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
May 26: In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT (With Toothgrinder and Sleepwave )
Pittsburgh based punk rockers Anti Flag will be streaming “Fabled World”on March 31, 2015 off their new album American Spring, out May 26, 2015 via Spinefarm Records.
In the meantime, the band has unveiled the cover art for American Spring below.
“The songs of American Spring are an aggressive critique of the global social and political climate of 2015,” Anti-Flag explained. “The artwork is no different. The cover art is meant to challenge our collective view of violence and peace. The entire American Spring package includes essays, personal liner notes, and further information behind the driving forces of each song, detailing ways for us all to take action against injustice in the world. The American Spring is now.”
Track Listing:
1) “Fabled World”
2) “The Great Divide”
3) “Brandenburg Gate”
4) “Sky Is Falling”
5) “Walk Away”
6) “Song for Your Enemy”
7) “Set Yourself on Fire”
8) “All of The Poison, All of The Pain”
9) “Break Something”
10) “Without End”
11) “Believer”
12) “To Hell With Boredom”
13) “Low Expectations”
14) “The Debate Is Over (if you want it)”
The Von Hertzen Brothers is streaming the lyric video for “Trouble” here and here, off their upcoming album New Day Rising, out March 24, 2015 via Spinefarm Records.
Mixed by Juno Award winner Randy Staub (Metallica, Alice In Chains, etc.), “Trouble” blends the key elements of VHB’s music: atmosphere, intelligence, epic feel, progressive leanings, and serious riffs.
