Local Natives Sign to Frenchkiss Records; Debut Album Out Next Year

Local Natives has signed with Frenchkiss Records. The Indie band from Southern California has been making waves every since playing 2009′s SXSW in Austin, Texas.

The band will be releasing their debut album, “Gorilla Manor” in February 2010. The self-funded Gorilla Manor was recorded by Raymond Richards in West Los Angeles. Richards produced the record with Local Natives in his own Red  Rockets Glare Studio.

Local Natives is currently on tour through March 2010. For more information on the band and their current tour go to www.myspace.com/localnatives.

DEVILDRIVER Announces Winter Tour With SUFFOCATION

DEVILDRIVER has just announced a five-week winter tour of the US and Canada that will kick off in January 2010. Metal veterans Suffocation will provide main support. Goatwhore and Thy Will Be Done also be on the tour.

DevilDriver vocalist Dez Fafara said, “Come on out to this tour and prepare to have your asses handed to you! It’ll be an evening of full metal assault on your senses. Leave your earplugs at home and be prepared for several hours of headbanging.”

DEVILDRIVER Tour Dates:

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Primer 55 kicks off “The All in the Family Tour”

Primer 55 kicks off “The All in the Family Tour” Wednesday Dec 3 at Planet X with The Well Experience, A Darker Vision, Part of the Problem and Shotgun Opera.

Primer 55 features founding member guitarist /bassist/ songwriter Bobby Burns. Burns is also a current member Soulfly.

Bobby Burns is the only remaining member of the original Primer 55. The band recruited former SORE frontman Donny “The DRP” Polinske as the new frontman and has been touring non-stop ever since.

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Patty Griffin to Release New Album, ‘Downtown Church’

Patty Griffin is set to release a new album on January 26, 2010 called Downtown Church.  The singer/songwriter touches on gospel tones on her new record, which was recorded in the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville.  Griffin invited guest artists to be a part of the new album, including Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, and Raul Malo.

The album is available for pre-order at amazon.com.  Patty Griffin will be going on tour in support of the album with Buddy Miller.  There will also be a brand new website at PattyGriffin.com.

1996 Movie, ‘Drop Dead Rock’ To Be Released on DVD

Drop Dead Rock is a cult classic featuring music icons from the 80′s, Adam Ant and Deborah Harry of Blondie.  It was written by Ric Menello and Adam Dubin, who created the Beastie Boys video for “Fight For Your Right to Party.”

Drop Dead Rock is a satire film depicting the music industry at the time in comedic fashion.  The film will be made available on DVD December 8.

Win a Phone Call from Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine

Megadeth’s Christmas card contest is officially underway and the winner will win a phone call from Megadeth Frontman, Dave Mustaine!

Contest Details:

Your Christmas card entry should be approx 8″ X 5″ (20cm X 12cm), portrait or landscape, and be in any medium you choose; hand drawn, photoshop, etc. You must have a copy saved or scanned at 300DPI resolution to send in if you are chosen the winner. Send all cards in at a smaller, low res versions when entering. You may enter as many times as you like. To get high resolution Megadeth pictures, logo or art to work with go to www.megadeth.com/downloads.php. Prizes will also be awarded for 2nd to 10th places. Winners will be picked by Dave Mustaine himself.

Send entries with “CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST” in the subject line to webmaster@megadeth.com. Contest closes midnight Pacific Time, Sunday December 6th.

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Free Scion Metal Show at Masquerade Wednesday Dec 2

Scion presents The Black Dahlia Murder and Revocation in a free metal show at The Masquerade Wednesday Dec 2.
The Scion presented Metal shows will take place in Atlanta and Los Angeles respectively on December 2nd and 3rd.

For show information and to RSVP for the free tickets click  here.

The Black Dahlia Murder is touring on their new Metal Blade release “Deflorate”  which hit the #43 position in Billboard’s Top 200 in September.

Click here for The Black Dahlia Murder information


Revocation is touring in support of their recently released Relapse debut “Existence Is Futile” released in late September.

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Slow Six’s Album, ‘Tomorrow Becomes You;’ A Robust Musical Concoction.

Slow Six’s album, Tomorrow Becomes You, is electro-acoustic instrumental music which warms up slowly, like a pot of melting butter preparing for a roux.  Beginning with resounding digital pings, “The Night You Left New York,” builds gradually as each instrument is added one by one, like ingredients placed in the pot – keyboard, guitar, violin, drums – until the sounds blend together to create a robust musical concoction.

While the beginning and ending songs of the album are rich and soothing, the rest are very hypnotic pieces involving repetitive sounds nearly mimicking sirens and cricket chirps.  Some tracks include background garble, like that of a recorded phone message, which interferes with the instrumental rhythm.   Digital speaking sounds in “Because Together We Resonate” are coupled with a high-low-high violin whining which creates a rather eerie ‘Twilight Zone’ feeling.

The ending track, “These Rivers Between Us,” is the most readily likable one of the album.  It immediately grabs your interest, then subsequently changes pace and direction to keep your attention throughout the entire nine minute play time.  Each of Tomorrow’s lengthy pieces culminates excellently during the last few minutes when every instrument joins in with its own tune while working collectively to create a lovely original sound.

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~Myriah Christine, Contributor

Video: Lady Gaga Performs “Speechless” on Ellen

In case you missed it, here’s the video of Lady Gaga performing her new song “Speechless” on Ellen Degeneres this past Friday.

The track Speechless can be found on Lady Gaga’s latest album, The Fame Monster, which was released November 23, 2009.

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SXSW Music Announces a Big Batch of Artists for 2010

The annual South by Southwest Music Conference has recently released the names of 200 bands that will be in attendance during the 2010 festival in Austin, TX.  A complete list of these bands can be found on the SXSW website.

Some of the acts to look forward to next March are Nicole Atkins and The Black Sea, The Constellations, The Crystal Method, Deer Tick, Jookabox, We Are Scientists, and Japandroids.

Registration to attend is still open and many more bands will be announced soon.  The music conference is scheduled for March 17-21 2010.

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