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A Liquid Landscape - Nightingale Express
Adrenaline Mob - Omerta
Amy Ray - Lung of Love (vinyl)
Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
Anya Marina - Felony Flats
Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
Behemoth - Thelema.6
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus
Big Brother & the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
Bishop Morocco - Old Boys
Bob Dylan - L' Explosion Rock 1960-65: Deluxe Box (8-disc box set)
Bonnie Guitar - Intimate Session: The Velvet Lounge
Cactus - Do Not Kick Against The Pricks (2 CDs)
Caetano Veloso and David Byrne - Live at Carnegie Hall
Cannibal Corpse - Torture
Cathy Jordan - All The Way Home
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now & Other Hits
Computer Magic – Orion (EP)
Connie Smith - Just For What I Am (5 CDs)
Dave Barnes - Stories to Tell
David Veloso & David Byrne - Live at Carnegie Hall
Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
Demdike Stare - Elemental
Django Django - Django Django (vinyl)
Doc & Merle Watson - Look Away! / Live & Pickin'
Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style: Live at Fenway (Deluxe Edition)
Drowner - Drowner
Earl Van Dyke - Motown Sound: The Complete Albums Singles & More
Earth - Angels of Darkness Demons of Light II (vinyl)
Elephant & Castle - Transitions
Elisa - Steppin' on Water
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From the Beginning (5 CDs)
Emma Louise - Full Hearts & Empty Rooms
Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Love Is
Estelle - All Of Me
Etta James - I Just Want to Make Love to You
Feedtime - Aberrant Years (4-CD box set)
Felix Cavaliere - Felix Cavaliere / Destiny
Fenster - Bones
Fidlar - No Waves/No Ass (7")
Float Face Down - Exitium Verum
Freshkills - Raise Up the Sheets
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Very Best of Gilbert O'Sullivan
God Forbid - Where We Come From
Gold Fields - Gold Fields (EP)
Grimes - Visions
Grinderman - Grinderman 2 RMX
Hands Like Houses - Ground Dweller
Holly Golightly featuring The Brokeoffs - Long Distance
Hooded Fang - Tosta Mista
Howlin' Rain - The Russian Winds
Humble Pie - On to Victory / Go for The Throat: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
I See Stars - Digital Renegade
Ian Gillan Band - Before the Turbulence
Impending Doom - Baptized in Filth
Janiva Magness - Stronger for It
Jason Donovan - Sign Of Your Love
John Mayall - Big Man Blues
Jonny Greenwood and Krzysztof Penderecki - Jonny Greenwood/Krzysztof Penderecki
Labyrinthe - The Depths Of Hell
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim (reissue) (vinyl)
Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can (reissue) (vinyl)
Le Tigre - Le Tigre Live!
Lee Fields - Faithful Man
Lucero - Women & Work
Marcus Collins - Marcus Collins
Meat Loaf - Hell In A Handbasket
Melvins - Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees
Melvins - The Bulls & The Bees
Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again
Mychildren Mybride - Mychildren Mybride
Mystery Pills - Mystery Pills
Nedry - On a Dim Light
Nektar - Man In The Moon / Evolution (2 CDs)
Oedipus - Vicious Little Smile
One Direction - Up All Night
Pat Boone - Moody River / Great! Great! Great!
Peter & Gordon - Sing & Play the Hits of Nashville TN / Woman / Hot & Cold Custard (2 CDs)
Peter White - Her We Go
Primer 55 - Primer 55
Primitive Weapons - The Shadow Gallery
Pythia - The Serpent's Curse
Redeemer - First Degree
Ringo Deathstarr - Shadow (EP) (vinyl)
Robin Trower - Farther on Up the Road (3 CDs)
Said the Whale - Little Mountain
Say Anything - Anarchy, My Dear
Shooter Jennings - Family Man
Sigh - In Somniphobia
Soulfly - Enslaved
Space Between Words – The Laser Light Show (EP)
Spawn of Possession - Incurso
Spoek Mathambo - Father Creeper
Stooges - Sadistic Summer: Live at the Isle of Wight 2011
Stranglers - Giants: Deluxe Edition (2 CDs)
T.G. Sheppard - Because You Love Me
TacocaT - Take Me to Your Dealer (vinyl)
Television - Television (reissue) (vinyl)
The Decemberists - We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)
The Doors - L.A. Woman: The Workshop Sessions (vinyl)
The Hussy - Weed Seizure
The Lake Effect - Expect Delays (EP)
The Megaphonic Thrift - The Megaphonic Thrift
The Men - Open Your Heart
The Skints - Part & Parcel
The Stills - Rain
The Ting Tings - Sounds From Nowheresville
Theo Bleckmann - Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bush
Tiger! Tiger! - Cut Them Where They Bleed
Tribes - Baby
Upon A Burning Body - Sin City
VCMG (Vince Clark & Martin Gore) - EP2
VCMG (Vince Clark & Martin Gore) - Ssss
Various Artists - Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
Various Artists - Once (Original Cast Recording)
Various Artists - Piano Tribute to Van Halen
Various Artists - Welcome to The Nightmare - An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper
Venetian Snares - A Giant Alien Force More Violent & Sick Than Anything You Can Imagine
Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
Wallis Bird - Wallis Bird
Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders - Eric, Rick, Wayne, Rob Plus
Whirr - Pipe Dreams
Wizard Rifle - Speak Loud Say Nothing
Wretched - Dilated Disappointment
Xerxes - Our Home Is A Deathbed
AHAB, the German funeral doom metal band featuring former MIDNATTSOL members Daniel Droste (guitar/vocals) and Christian Hector (guitar), has completed work on its third album, "The Giant", to be released later in the year via Napalm Records. The CD features cover artwork (see below) by acclaimed artist Sebastian Jerke (LONG DISTANCE CALLING) and a guest appearance by ENSLAVED vocalist/keyboardist Herbrand Larsen.
Interview: Freddy Cannon on His New Autobiography, His Career and His Place in Rock History
Freddy Cannon lit up the charts in the 50's and 60's with hits like Tallahassee Lassie, Palisades Park and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. Recently, he released his autobiography, Where the Action Is!, a fascinating look into his long career, the people he knew and the ins and outs of the recording industry.
Cannon is candid about the people he encountered throughout his life and his place in the music business but, at the same time, very humble about the individuals who were great influences and who guided him through the many pitfalls in the industry.
Beyond music, the book is also the story of a man who stayed true to his integrity and to a family who has been with him through the good times and the bad.
We had the pleasure of talking with Freddy at length about the book, his career and some of his current projects.
Storm Corrosion is the upcoming collaboration between Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. The pair will release "Storm Corrosion" on May 8 via Roadrunner Records, and pre-orders are now available here
Double-LP Set:
• Limited Edition Double-LP set of the self-titled album with exclusive artwork
• 180-Gram black virgin vinyl in gatefold jacket
• Digital download of high quality Flac files of the entire album
• Autographed 12" x 12" poster of exclusive artwork
• 24" x 36" fold out poster of exclusive artwork
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New Guided By Voices Single Details
The new Guided By Voices single will be pressed on pink vinyl, "Keep It In Motion" is taken from the forthcoming new album from Guided by Voices, 'Class Clown Spots a UFO,' due out in June on Fire Records. There will be a series of three 7"s from this release starting with "Keep it in Motion" and followed by "Jon the Croc" (21 April for Record Store Day) and "Class Clown Spots a UFO" (15 May).
Keep It In Motion 7 Inch pink vinyl is available for Pre-Order from Fire here
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MALICE: New Album Details Revealed
Reunited Los Angeles heavy metal legends MALICE will release their new album, "New Breed Of Godz", on May 22 in the U.S./Canada, May 25 in Germany and May 28 in the rest of Europe through SPV/Steamhammer. The band recently entered Silvercloud Recording studio in Redondo Beach, California with producer Joe Floyd (HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, WARRIOR) to record updated versions of eight classic MALICE metal anthems such as "Stellar Masters" and "Sinister Double" as well as "four killer new tracks" for the CD, which will be made available as a high-class digipak with a bonus DVD.
MARILYN MANSON: 'Born Villain' Release Date Announced
MARILYN MANSON will release his long-awaited new album, "Born Villain", on May 1 (one day earlier internationally) via Cooking Vinyl and Manson's own label Hell, Etc.
The CD's first single, "No Reflection", was premiered on March 7 on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ and will be made available exclusively on iTunes this Tuesday, March 13
Born on this day in 1917, Leonard Chess, the founder of the Chess record label, home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Chess died of a heart attack on October 16th 1969, aged 52.
In 1955, jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker died of a heart attack in New York City while watching Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra on television. He was 34. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. (After years of drug and alcohol abuse).
In 1955, the Dave Brubeck Quartet appeared for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
In 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets record "Maybe Baby," which would be released the following year and climb to #17 in the US and #4 in the UK.
In 1958, jazz singer Billie Holiday, who had pled guilty to a narcotics-possession charge in 1956, is given a year's probation by a Philadelphia court.
In 1959, Friday the 13th proved unlucky for the Kingston Trio when they were involved in an emergency airplane landing in Indiana and nearly killed. Their song, "The Tijuana Jail" was rising up the charts, stopping at number 12 a couple weeks later.
In 1961, in Nashville, Elvis Presley recorded "I Feel So Bad."
In 1963, the Beatles played at the Granada Cinema in Bedford. Also on the bill, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. John Lennon, suffering from a heavy cold, was unable to perform, so The Beatles set was rearranged so that George and Paul could sing the parts that John usually sang.
In 1965, the Beatles completed filming of their second movie, 'Help!'
In 1966, Sgt Barry Sadler started a five-week run at #1 on the US album chart with "Ballad Of The Green Berets."
In 1966, the Levi Strauss Company began selling bell-bottom blue jeans in the US.
In 1968, the Rolling Stones started recording their next single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with new producer Jimmy Miller at Olympic studios in London.
In 1969, Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman in a small civil ceremony at the Marylebone Registry Office, in the City of Westminster in central London. Contrary to the popular rumor of the day, she is not related to the Eastmans of Eastman-Kodak fame. Paul's brother, Mike, served as the best man, but none of the other Beatles were in attendance. Linda would die of cancer on April 17th, 1998 at the age of 56.
In 1968, the Otis Redding single “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash.
In 1969, George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested in Esher, Surrey. The charge was cannabis resin possession after authorities found 120 joints in their house.
Also in 1969, Elvis Presley began filming his 31st and final fictional movie, "Change Of Habit," co-starring Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, and Ed Asner.
In 1971, a London court granted Paul McCartney's request to appoint a non-biased receiver to handle the group's business affairs after his lawsuit dissolving the Beatles was upheld.
In 1971, "Power to the People" by John Lennon was released as a single in the UK, credited to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. It was issued on Apple Records (catalogue number R5892 in the United Kingdom, 1830 in the United States) and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the British singles chart. The song's first appearance on album was the 1975 compilation Shaved Fish.
In 1974, John Lennon and Harry Nilsson are thrown out of the Troubador nightclub in Los Angeles for heckling the Smothers Brothers. Nilsson, a good friend of Tom Smothers, thought he was helping the act because Tom had struggled through weak material at an earlier date.
In 1977, the Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club with Bob Harris, presenter of BBC 2's The Old Grey Whistle Test resulting in one of the shows engineers needing 14 stitches in his head. Two days later Harris's solicitors contact Derek Green at A&M the bands record label. Harris's management also managed Peter Frampton, one of the label's top acts at A&M. Green discussed the matter with the company's two founders, Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert and the decision is made to cancel the Pistols contract and halt production of the bands first single, 'God Save The Queen'.
In 1983, Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler had her only UK #1 single with a song written by Meat Loaf's producer, Jim Steinman, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart." Also #1 in the US, (the only Welsh artist to score a US #1), Canada and Australia, the single sold over 5 million copies.
In 1983, U2 scored their first UK #1 album with 'War,' which spent a total of 147 weeks on the chart. The album featured the singles, “New Year’s Day” and “Two Hearts Beat as One.”
In 1988, Rick Astley started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "Never Gonna Give You Up," also a #1 in the UK.
In 1991, the R.E.M. album 'Out of Time' was released.
In 1994, Swedish group Ace Of Base started a six week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "The Sign," a #2 hit in the UK.
In 1995, Boyz II Men were at #1 on the US album chart with 'II.'
In 1996, singer Nancy Sinatra donated her famous white go-go boots to the Hard Rock Café in Beverly Hills, California.
In 1996, the album 'Unplugged' was released by KISS.
In 2001, in a poll conducted by the Recording Industry Association of America, music fans voted Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" as the Song Of The Century. The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" came in at #16 and the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was #26.
In 2003, the Chinese government ordered the Rolling Stones to eliminate four songs from their upcoming performances in Shanghai and Beijing. The banned songs were "Brown Sugar," "Honky Tonk Women," "Beast of Burden," and "Let's Spend the Night Together."
In 2006, the soundtrack to The Disney Channel movie, High School Musical was at #1 on the US album chart. The album went on to break all records for a soundtrack, selling over seven million copies worldwide.
In 2007, Levon Helm, the former drummer for The Band, filed a lawsuit against a Manhattan advertising firm over the use of the group's song, "The Weight" in a television commercial for cell phones. Helm received a royalty payment for the use of the song, but didn't feel he was adequately compensated.
In 2008, seven years of trying to secure the rights to use the Lennon-McCartney catalog paid off for TV's American Idol, when over 31 million viewers tuned in to the show. The following day, the top five Google searches were also Beatle related.
In 2009, hundreds of fans queued at the O2 Arena in London as Michael Jackson tickets went on sale to the public. The 50-year-old pop veteran had confirmed he would be playing a 50-date residency at the venue, beginning on July 8. Some 360,000 pre-sale tickets had already sold. Organizers said the “This Is It” tour had become the fastest selling in history, with 33 seats sold each minute.
In 2009, Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed among 14 other tourists at John Lennon's childhood home in Liverpool. The Folk legend strolled around the place where the late former Beatle grew up with his aunt Mimi and uncle George and later said that he was "enthralled" to see the bedroom where Lennon wrote some of his earliest songs.
In 2010, a 16-year-old was arrested and charged in connection with a break-in at singer Susan Boyle's home in West Lothian, Scotland. Boyle disturbed the intruder as she returned home from London after recording a charity single for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Also in 2010, over 130 people were arrested and eight people were hospitalised as fans tried to gatecrash a Metallica show in Colombia. 1,500 police and four tanks were brought in to manage the crowds as property was vandalized and destroyed, as thousands of ticketless fans rioted during Metallica's first Colombian concert in eleven years.
In 2011, a man was charged with burglary after security guards discovered him in Madonna's luxurious London mansion while she was in America to attend her grandmother's funeral.
birthdays today include (among others): Les Holroyd (Barclay James Harvest) (64), Bill Payne (Little Feat) (63), Al Jarreau (72), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) (55), Pete Doherty (Libertines, Babyshambles) (33), Graham Coxon (Blur) (43), Ben Kenney (Incubus) (35) and James Taylor (64)
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