Mountain Oasis Takes Over Asheville October 25-27
Beginning October 25th, musicians from the world over will ascend onto picturesque Asheville, North Carolina, for one of the States premiere musical events. Although the inaugural Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit boasts acts like the reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel, legends Nine Inch Nails, The Orb and Gary Numan, EDM-standouts Bassnectar and Pretty Lights, plus genre-blending new-comers including Shlohmo, Disclosure, and T. Williams, music...
Artist On Artist Interview: Touché Amoré interviews Bad Books
Jeremy Bolm of Touché Amoré interviews Andy Hull and Kevin Devine of Bad Books. They tell the stories of how they met, talk Kanye West, tour disasters, long-distance album creation, marriage and how they sabotaged each other's shows.
Seeker (Victory Records) release "When Hope Fails" music video
Dallas, TX's Seeker have released a music video for “When Hope Fails” from their upcoming new album, Unloved. That's in stores on October 29 through Victory Records. Check out the video on YouTube:
Failure to reunite after 16-year hiatus
Beloved early-'90s alternative rock outfit Failure are gearing up for a reunion in 2014 after a 16-year hiatus. According to the band's Facebook page (which was created just two weeks ago), the band have decided to reconvene after disbanding in 1997. Check out the band's status updates and Facebook banner below: “ITS on PEOPLE!!” “THANK YOU FOR ALL...
Pierce the Veil launch pre-order for This Is A Wasteland documentary
Pierce the Veil launch pre-orders for their documentary This Is A Wasteland. The documentary gives fans an all-access look at life on their worldwide tour, which includes unreleased performance footage, exclusive interviews, travel experiences, and more. This Is A Wasteland will be released on November 25. The band are finishing the House Party Tour with...
AFI - Burials
AFI Burials Overseen by producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters), AFI’s latest is top-loaded with atmosphere-enhancing, widescreen production that’s so grandiose, it should have Michael Bay’s name all over it. “No Resurrection” and “A Deep Slow Panic” come off as the steroid-laden progeny of post-punk godfathers. Vocalist Davey Havok veers between passionate poetry (“Greater Than...
The 5 worst kinds of concertgoers (and why they are the way they are)
There was a time when the most annoying person at a concert was the guy who wouldn’t stop shouting, “‘Free Bird!’” He now looks quaint in comparison to some of today’s concert attendees. There’s the over-eager fan who won’t stop photographing every second of that one song, because you know Ben Gibbard looks totally different...
I Am the Avalanche guitarist leaves band to focus on business
I Am the Avalanche guitarist Michael Ireland announced his decision to leave the band to focus on becoming a full-time bar owner. Last month, Ireland opened his second bar in Brooklyn called The Three Diamond Door, just a few blocks from his first bar, Pearl’s Social & Billy Club. From a statement on IATA’s Facebook...
Saves The Day and Hostage Calm cover the Smiths' "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"
Saves The Day have wrapped up their headlining tour with Into It. Over It. and Hostage Calm, but the hits just keep on coming. Run For Cover Records have posted a video of STD and HC members joining forces to cover the Smiths' 1984 Brit-pop classic, “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.” You can watch the performance below...