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October 16th, 2012 News No Comments »

Deftones Announce Pre-Order for Koi No Yokan

Deftones Koi No YokanGrammy-winning alternative rock band Deftones have launched an exclusive pre-order bundle for Koi No Yokan that is now available via www.Deftones.com. The limited-edition bundle includes the full album on CD, a digital copy of the album, an instant download of “Tempest,” a Koi No Yokan album cover t-shirt and a 24″ x 24″ lithograph. One hundred randomly selected fans will receive their lithograph signed by the band.

Fans can also pre-order Koi No Yokan via iTunes. Fans who purchase the pre-order will receive first single “Tempest” instantly.

Deftones recently premiered the lyric video for “Tempest.” Watch it here:

Koi No Yokan, the band’s seventh studio album, will be released November 13th. To support the release, Deftones kicked off a US headline tour October 9th in Ventura, CA. Full dates are below.

Deftones Tour Dates
10/17 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
10/19 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
10/20 – Kansas City, MO – Harrah’s
10/21 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note
10/23 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
10/24 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
10/26 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
10/28 – Philadelphia, PA – The Electric Factory
10/29 – Boston, MA – HOB Boston
10/30 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
11/14 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
11/15 – San Antonio, TX – Sunken Gardens
11/17 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
11/18 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
11/19 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
11/21 – Los Angeles, CA – Palladium

October 16th, 2012 News, Tour Dates No Comments »

On An On Drop “Give In” on January 29, Announce Tour Dates

On An OnOn An On will release their debut album, Give In, on January 29, 2013 via Roll Call Records. The culmination of a long and precarious, but ultimately rewarding journey, Give In was recorded with producer Dave Newfeld, known for his work on Broken Social Scene’s seminal album, You Forgot It In People, as well as records from Super Furry Animals and Los Campesinos. To announce the news, On An On have released the music video for their lead single “Ghosts.” Upcoming tour dates are listed below.

The Chicago and Minneapolis based trio that make up On An On (Nate Eiesland, Alissa Ricci, and Ryne Estwing) had played music with one another in various capacities for the better part of a decade. Most recently, they had shared the stage and studio as three fifths of the indie-pop outfit Scattered Trees. With the band’s studio time only a few weeks away and the other members now spread out across the country pursuing other endeavors, the three of them would face a crossroads. They could cancel plans and re-group, or scrap their current material and push ahead into the unknown, writing and recording in a completely new capacity as On An On. They took the plunge and went ahead with recording, starting entirely from scratch.

According to Eiesland, the sessions were something of an exorcism: “We really wanted to get away from the sterility of our previous approach to recording.” They embraced musical risks that in the past it might have shied away from. In the studio, the band members explored a natural chemistry and honed their sound; synthesizers, scattershot electro beats and ambient ear candy gave guitars, bass and drums a ghostly sheen.

After smashing everything they knew to pieces, they pulled themselves together around Give In, On An On’s ten-track debut album – a dream-washed textural journey armed with a biting perspective on life, love, and the commonality of loss.

On An On Tour Dates
12/01 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
12/03 – East Lansing, MI – The Loft
12/14 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
12/15 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry

October 16th, 2012 News, Tour Dates No Comments »

New West End Motel Album and Tour Dates

Mastodon guitarist, Brent Hinds, has just announced a three-week tour with his side project, West End Motel in support of their sophomore release Only Time Can Tell (out October 30th on Warner Bros). Kicking off November 28 in Washington, D.C., the tour will make stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, and more, wrapping up December 15th in Hinds’ hometown of Atlanta.

Only Time Can Tell is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Hinds’ acclaimed 2011 debut, Don’t Shiver, You’re A Winner. The 8-song set is now available to preoder on iTunes. You can check out the single,”Burn It Down,” right here.

West End Motel began in 1993 under a bridge in Atlanta, where Hinds first met longtime friend Tom Cheshire. Describing themselves as a “conglomerate of losers, poets and hobo-sexuals,” the pair write acoustic-guitar driven songs enriched with horns and keys, with the end result sounding like Nick Cave fronting Gogol Bordello. The project pre-dates Mastodon and offers an important glimpse into Hinds’ musical influences.

“I grew up listening to Chet Atkins play guitar, and I grew up listening to Brian Setzer play guitar,” explains Hinds. “Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West, all these country-chicken-pickin’-flying-’round-the-guitar-neck guitar players. I got really inspired by it. I’m from way down in the country. It was pretty common to have the interests I had when I was that age. MTV had some hair metal on there, but I was more interested in this rockabilly vibe. Stray Cats were really big at the time, in the ’80s. It was epic.”

West End MotelWest End Motel Tour Dates
11/28 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java
11/29 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11/30 – West Chester, PA @ The Note
12/01 – Winooski, VT @ The Monkey House
12/02 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
12/04 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
12/05 – Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
12/06 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
12/07 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
12/08 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
12/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
12/11 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
12/13 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
12/14 – Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
12/15 – Atlanta, GA @ 529

October 15th, 2012 Five Albums No Comments »

Five Albums That Changed My Life with Jeff Stebbins of 3 Pill Morning

3 Pill Morning

For the better part of the last year, Minneapolis/Nashville rockers, 3 Pill Morning, have been grinding it out on the road to promote Black Tie Love Affair, a collection of melodic, radio-ready rockers. We were fortunate enough to corner vocalist, Jeff Stebbins, for a few minutes. His candid approach made this one of the more memorable “Five Albums That Changed My Life” installments.

So, here is Jeff is his own words:

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic: This was the first CD I ever bought and I was a drummer at the time. The way Chad Smith played was always awesome, but then I started to really get into the phrasing and melody that Anthony Kiedis used and really made my move as a vocalist. I’ve listened to that album a million times. So awesome.

Eminem – The Eminem Show; Already a big Eminem fan, this album was one worth memorizing every lyric to. It just does a killer job of raw emotion and the freedom to say or feel whatever the hell you want to feel. This definitely broke down a lot of doors in what can be said in music nowadays. I probably listened to this two million times.

Nirvana – MTV Live & Loud: One of the first live albums I’d heard at the time and considering everything that transpired for Nirvana after the release of it. You can feel the pain throughout the entire performance. One of the few albums that every listen felt like you were sitting in that studio watching them perform. Unreal performances.

Limp Bizkit – Significant Other: I know, I know, bring on the haters because this album changed my life. The album coincides with seeing Limp Bizkit live and watching them in their prime and how crazy the energy was in the venue every time they performed. They were one of my first live shows and it was an insane experience. It pushed me to want to be a front man and entertain just as much as perform. And, if you like Rap-Rock, it’s a damn good album.

Breaking Benjamin – Phobia: This album had some incredible songs and, from cover to cover, is an amazing album. The songwriting and lyrics of Ben Burley kick ass and as a fan of the genre—and at that time working on improving my song writing—this album was certainly influential in helping get to the next level. I think “The Diary of Jane” is a really great song because it’s an extremely well written rock song with a very cool, original lyrical concept and and awesome melody. AKA…Rock-n-Roll Sugar!

To hear how it all comes together, check out Black Tie Love Affair and,. in the meantime, check out this single from the album.

October 15th, 2012 News No Comments »

Jose Pasillas of Incubus Announces “Abstract + Rhythm Landscapes” Fine Art Release on November 1, 2012

Jose PasillasJose Pasillas’ first day as a drummer was his first day in Incubus, the band he formed with high school buddies. Twenty years later, Incubus is a multi-platinum, Billboard Award-winning critical and commercial favorite, and Pasillas is one of music’s most respected drummers. Now, the Calabasas High graduate whose only form of training was “two years of air drums” continues to divine a unique path through art with the announcement of ‘Abstract + Rhythm Landscapes’, his first full collection of fine art, where drumsticks are paintbrushes and canvas becomes a vessel of sound through the innovations of SceneFour, the Los Angeles creativity house trailblazing the borders of sound and vision.

A passionate visual artist who’s work has been used in various ways by Incubus, Pasillas has spent the last several months working on ‘Abstract + Rhythm’. “Though I’ve been doing artwork all my life, this is my first full collection for public view,” exclaims Jose. The collection is comprised of 100 large pieces, each depicting a sonic landscape where rhythm is translated onto canvas through the use of a sophisticated process that converts drumstrokes into color and light. Each piece in the collection is numbered and signed by Pasillas, with several modified by hand. “I’ve always been a big fan of Banksy, Shepard Fairey and the whole stencil revolution, and I’ve slowly started incorporating those kinds of ideas and elements into my canvases. I also like repetition, and stenciling is perfect for repetition.”

“Abstract + Rhythm” is the most recent project from Scenefour, the art collective specializing in the conceptual and design of collaborative artwork with musical icons. The RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Bootsy Collins of Parliament/James Brown fame, and Chuck D of Public Enemy are just a handful of Scenefour’s collaborators, whose work can be seen in their 2011 book Come Together. “Abstract + Rhythm” joins the “Art Of Drums” series alongside collections from Def Leppard drummer, Rick Allen; Guns N Roses drummer, Matt Sorum; and Jane’s Addiction stickman, Stephen Perkins.

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