Thursday, August 30, 2012

All Time to release new album and tour

ALL TIME LOW

Announce New Album "Don't Panic" Available October 9th
Pre-Order Here: smarturl.it/ATLpreorder


Fall Tour "The Rock Show At The End of the World" Tickets On Sale Now

The 4-piece pop-punk band, All Time Low, have announced their new album "Don't Panic" out October 9th, 2012 on Hopeless Records available for pre-order here. Tickets for the upcoming headlining tour "The Rock Show At The End of the World" are available for purchase at www.AllTimeLow.com. Additionally, the band has revealed an album trailer with a sneak peak at a few of the songs off of Don't Panic that you can watch here: smarturl.it/DPtrailer

"With this record, a big part of the process was finding what made our band special on each of our past records," says singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth. "This time around, rather than taking influence from anything we were listening to at the time-or anything we want to touch on generationally-the goal was to make an album that we felt reflected the best aspects of our previous releases."

All Time Low (consisting of Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson) albums' first single "For Baltimore" debuted last week on AltPress.com to high praise. The track is an intricate combination of several distinct styles-spinning-top electric riffs, hard-charging chorus breakdowns and a tasteful, acoustic-driven bridge-which you can purchase on itunes here: smarturl.it/FBitunes."I've never really heard a song that Alex has written or we've written and not been completely stoked on it," says Dawson. "But for some reason, these just felt more us. There was less need to force anything, less need to prove anything, less need to chase anything. It was All Time Low writing All Time Low songs."

The "The Rock Show At The End of the World" tour features The Summer Set, Downtown Fiction and Hit The Lights. On three select shows, The Early November will be performing instead of The Summer Set**. Tour kickoff starts Friday, October 12th in New Jersey.

"Don't Panic" Tracklisting
1. The Reckless And The Brave
2. Backseat Serenade
3. If These Sheets Were States
4. Somewhere in Neverland
5. So Long Soldier
6. The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver
7. To Live and Let Go
8. Outlines
9. Thanks to You
10. For Baltimore
11. Paint You Wings
12. So Long, And Thanks For All The Booze


"The Rock Show At The End of the World" Tour Dates

Fri Oct 12 ** Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sat Oct 13 ** Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
Sun Oct 14 ** Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
Mon Oct 15 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Tue Oct 16 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Wed Oct 17 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
Sun Oct 21 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Mon Oct 22 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Tue Oct 23 Omaha, NE Slowdown
Wed Oct 24 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
Fri Oct 26 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Sat Oct 27 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
Sun Oct 28 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Tue Oct 30 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Wed Oct 31 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
Thu Nov 1 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Fri Nov 2 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Sat Nov 3 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Sun Nov 4 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
Tue Nov 6 Houston, TX House of Blues
Wed Nov 7 Dallas, TX House of Blues
Fri Nov 9 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live
Sat Nov 10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Sun Nov 11 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
Tues Nov 13 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Wed Nov 14 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Thu Nov 15 Norfolk, VA The Norva
Fri Nov 16 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Café
Sat Nov 17 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
Sun Nov 18 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Tues Nov 20 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
Wed Nov 21 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Fri Nov 23 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live


** The Early November instead of The Summer Set

Simply Sinatra in Cerritos Sept. 28

Steve Lippia: Simply
Sinatra

Theater: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos

Date: Friday, September 28, 2012, 8:00 PM

Ticket Prices: $60/$58/$45/$40/$30

Ticket Information: Tickets are available only at the Cerritos
Center for the Performing Arts’ Ticket Office, at
www.cerritoscenter.com, or by calling (562) 467-8818.

The Groundhogs DVD to be released

Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the September 18 DVD release of Live At The Astoria by The Groundhogs [Pre-book Order Date August 24, MSRP $11.98].
Filmed in London on February 20, 1998, with audio in Dolby Digital Stereo, this 12-song 81-minute excursion into the blues has guitarist/vocalist T.S. McPhee, bassist Eric Chipulina and drummerPete Correa celebrating the legendary bluesman Howlin’ Wolf [1910-1976] while on tour in support of their Hogs In Wolf’s Clothing album. Starting and finishing with songs from that album, the concert—the first such Groundhogs show ever filmed—also spans 30 years worth of material.
The Groundhogs formed in 1963. Their 1968 Scratching The Surfacedebut, with “Still A Fool” (included here) introduced an eccentric jam-happy band of Brits who became legendary for stretching their songs to interminable lengths. They disbanded in ‘76, reformed in ’85, and by the time of this ‘98 show, had honed their craft into a razor-sharp no-frills blues blast of classic rock’n’roll proportions.
Audiences on both sides of the Atlantic learned to love them as they not only served as backing bands for such notable blues stars as John Lee Hooker and Champion Jack Dupree but recorded 20+ albums that fused an eccentric sense of humor with hard rock, plenty of blues and hippie shuffles.
THIS is The Groundhogs in their prime!
Eagle Rock Entertainment previously released this concert as a DVD/CD set in September 2008.
Click here to view a video of “Eccentric Man” -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2uqM7OfH8

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Track Listing:
1) Introduction
2) Shake For Me
3) Eccentric Man
4) 3744 James Road
5) I Want You To Love Me
6) Split Part 1
7) Split Part 2
8) Mistreated
9) Still A Fool
10) Cherry Red
11) Groundhog Blues
12) Down In The Bottom

Michael Bolton to release memoir

Best known throughout the world for his unmistakable, soulful voice and Grammy Award®-winning, chart-topping music, the story behind singer/songwriter Michael Bolton’s celebrated career has never been explored in such rich detail – until now. In his first memoir, The Soul of it All (Center Street/Hachette Book Group, November 13, 2012), Bolton offers a backstage pass into the fascinating life journey from anonymity to a world-renowned music career.

Growing up from humble beginnings in New Haven, Connecticut, Bolton began a career in music writing songs as early as age 9. At 15, he found himself hitchhiking cross-country along Route 66 with his band, where the musician and songwriter sought out odd jobs, including becoming a babysitter for a youngPaula Abdul. He eventually landed a label deal with Epic Records, however, it would be 18 long years before he would score his first definitive hit and breakthrough as a superstar. In The Soul Of It All, Bolton recounts many little known but life-altering experiences that shaped the man he would become.

Die-hard Michael Bolton fans will hear for the first time details of a rewarding yet often challenging journey. From the emotional trauma resulting from his parent’s divorce, to his early days as an artist indulging in the excesses of the 60s and 70s and through a period where he struggled to make ends meet by recording jingles to support his wife and three young daughters. His focus and talent would ultimately deliver him into the company of world leaders and Presidents of the United States as well as into the arms of some of the loveliest Hollywood stars.

All the while, he’s never forgotten to give back and has leveraged his celebrity to help raise millions for charitable causes, including his own foundation protecting women and children at risk. On the path towards selling more than 53 million records, Michael has performed to millions of fans worldwide and has worked with iconic singers and songwriters including Luciano Pavarotti, RayCharles, Bob Dylan, KISS, Cher, Rascal Flatts and Lady Gaga. And he’s continued to expand. In a brilliantly hilarious Emmy Award®-nominated Digital Short featured on “Saturday Night Live,” Michael won over a whole new legion of young fans with a song about Captain Jack Sparrow.

“This book is about the soul of it all, the heartfelt emotions and vital forces created in a lifetime spent developing gifts and pursuing passions,” writes Bolton. “I think of it as a light that shines through dedicated artists of every kind, giving depth and color to everything we create, so that it touches and elevates the lives of those within our reach.”

“We all know that my friend Michael Bolton is a gifted musician and a devoted philanthropist - but you may not know that he's also a talented storyteller,” says President Bill Clinton. "’The Soul of it All’ is the fascinating journey of a man who is as powerful, bold, and soulful as his voice.”

While he has cemented his status as a pop culture icon, Bolton says he still has work to do. “Like a sculptor working with stone, I want to remove all that is less wise, less noble, less patient, less present, until I become something closer to perfection.”

Slash book offers inside look

Slash
An Intimate Portrait

By Richard Bienstock, Photography By Robert Knight, Foreword By Ronnie Wood, Preface By Joe Perry

ISBN: 978-1-60887-149-0
Hardcover | $29.99 | 144 Pages
October 2012



Slash: An Intimate Portrait Offers a Glorious Man-Behind-the-Myth Perspective of the Rock Icon

Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut, Appetite for Destruction, is eighteen times platinum, has sold over twenty-eight million copies, and launched the career of modern Guitar God, Slash. Over the past twenty-five years, Slash's cool stage presence, gloriously unkempt hair, iconic top hat, and soulful guitar virtuosity has been the epitome of contemporary hard rock. Slash: An Intimate Portrait takes you beyond the glitz and mystique, to reveal the warmth, charm, and humility of one of popular music's most revered rockers.

In addition to his cherished work with G N' R, Slash's journey spans working with Michael Jackson, Fergie, Iggy Pop, Lenny Kravitz, the supergroup Velvet Revolver, and releasing two critically acclaimed solo albums. Robert Knight's photographs in Slash: An Intimate Portrait trace significant milestones over twenty years in Slash's career, showing him onstage, in the studio, and at home. Knight's talent for capturing the true essence of his subject is on full display: Candid, dramatic, and often funny. These photos take us beyond the big hair, the big hat, and the huge guitar riffs to underscore the larger-than-life personality and genuine enthusiasm that have made Slash one of rock's most recognizable figures for more than three decades. With over one hundred arresting and never-before-published color and B&W photos, and warmly candid insights from Slash himself, this fascinating book frames a real and complete perspective of today's most iconic guitarist.

Slash: An Intimate Portrait features an entertaining and insightful foreword by close friend and legend in his own right, Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood, and a witty and thoughtful preface from Aerosmith's Joe Perry. The book also has revelatory text by noted rock scribe Richard Bienstock. Slash: An Intimate Portrait is a treat for guitar heads, rock buffs, and pop music fans. Plus, it will be released just in time to visually complement an upcoming special edition of Slash's highly regarded sophomore solo record, Apocalyptic Love.

Richard Bienstock is a senior editor with Guitar World Magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado Magazine. He is also a musician and journalist whose writing has appeared in numerous U.S. and international publications. He lives in New York City.

Robert Knight is a longtime photographer whose lens has captured guitar legends including Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, and Eric Clapton. His work is exhibited in over two hundred Guitar Center locations. He lives in Las Vegas.

Ronnie Wood is a guitarist for the Rolling Stones. In 2001, he formed the Ronnie Wood Band, of which Slash was a member. Wood lives in London, UK.

Joe Perry is the lead guitarist for one of the most revered bands in rock history, Aerosmith, playing on classic albums such as Toys in the Attic, Rocks, and Permanent Vacation. He has also released a number of well-received solo albums.



www.insighteditions.com

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Upcoming concerts from Live Nation week of Aug. 29

On Sale Thursday August 30 at 10 AM:

106.7 KROQ Presents -

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

Gibson Amphitheatre

October 14

On Sale Now:

Guerilla Union & Live Nation Presents –

BIG BOY’S BLOCK PARTY

Featuring:

LUPE FIASCO – BIG SEAN

EARL SWEATSHIRT

HIT BOY – TAYF3RD

Hollywood Palladium

October 17

On Sale Friday August 31 at 1 PM:

ENRIQUE BUNBURY

Hollywood Palladium

November 20

On Sale Now:

Rising Sun Entertainment Presents –

THE ERASERHEADS

Hollywood Palladium

Saturday - October 13

On Sale Friday August 31 at 10 AM:

FALLING IN REVERSE

With Special Guests:

Enter Shikari - I See Stars

The Wiltern

November 28

- Moved Event-

On Sale Now:

PIERCE THE VEIL

With Special Guests:

Sleeping With Sirens – Tonight Alive – Hands Like Houses

The Wiltern – New Venue

November 21

-Moved from House of Blues-Sunset

-All tickets for HoB-Sunset will be honored at The Wiltern


www.LiveNation.com

Upcoming concerts from Goldenvoice week of Aug. 29

On Sale Now!

Mouse on Mars
October 14th / El Rey Theatre / Doors: 8pm / $22 / on sale now

2nd show added!
Mika
October 22nd / Fonda Theatre / Doors: 8pm / $29.50 / on sale now

Kaki King
October 22nd / El Rey Theatre / Doors: 8pm / $25 / on sale now

On Sale Thursday!

Break Science and Michal Menert
October 7th / El Rey Theatre / Doors: 8pm / $19 / on sale 8/30 @ 10am

Goldenvoice & KCSN present
The Wallflowers with Everest
October 9th / Fonda Theatre / Doors: 7pm / $27.50 / on sale 8/30 @ 10am

On Sale Friday!

Rusko with TOKiMONSTA, Gladiator, Something Scandalous (UCLA), DJ Tony Fresch (USC) and Mature Content (UC Riverside)
September 20th / Club Nokia / 18+ / Doors: 8pm / $27.50-$50 adv, $55-$60 dos / on sale 8/31 @ 10am

Lyricist Lounge present
Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) with special guests
September 22nd / Club Nokia / Doors: 8pm / $39.75 adv, $45 dos, $53.50 VIP/PIT adv, $56 VIP/PIT dos / on sale 8/31 @ 10am

Kendrick Lamar with Ab-Soul & Jay Rock
October 17th / Club Nokia / Doors: 7:30pm / $26 adv, $29 dos, $36 VIP/PIT / on sale 8/31 @ 10am

Kendrick Lamar with Ab-Soul & Jay Rock
October 18th / Fox Theater Pomona / Doors: 7:30pm / $24.50 adv, $28 dos, $34.50 LOGE / on sale 8/31 @ 10am

Falling in Reverse with Enter Shikari & I See Stars
December 1st / Fox Theater Pomona / Doors: 6:30pm / $18-$22 adv, $24 dos / on sale 8/31 @ 10am

Blood on the Dance Floor
December 13th / El Rey Theatre / Doors: 7pm / $17 adv, $20 dos / on sale 8/31 @ 10am

Added Support

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with Quasi
November 9th / El Rey Theatre / Doors: 8pm / $20 / on sale now


www.goldenvoice.com

Klaypex releases EP

Miami-based EDM duo Klaypex drops its debut EP, LOOSE DIRT, for the first time on CD via Hypnotic (Cleopatra Records) on August 28. With both elements of dubstep and electro club, LOOSE DIRT is an upbeat, accessible, and already buzzed-about late summer dance party.
With influences that range from Trent Reznor to Thom Yorke, and inspiration taken from movies and soundtracks, it’s no wonder Klaypex is able to bridge up- and down-tempo, dub and club. LOOSE DIRT showcases the young artists’ exceptional skills, and features two critically-acclaimed, innovative dubstep/glitch tracks, “Lights” and Rain.” “Rain” features frequent Klaypex vocalist Sara Kay.

Says Cleopatra President Brian Perara, “Unfortunately a lot of the electronic music that’s coming out today is not coming out on CD or any kind of physical product. I heard Klaypex released a digital version which actually got into the Billboard Heatseekers chart, with no physical product whatsoever, so this will be the first time Klaypex is available on CD.”
Johnny Atar and Mark Emmanuel, the two people that make up Klaypex, were friends in Canada, and had performed in rock and alternative bands before deciding to create beats together. When one had to move to Miami with family, the other followed to keep making music. Klaypex self-released LOOSE DIRT online only, and the video for “Dubstep Guns” earned more than ten million views! The duo followed it up with several well-received remixes of Ellie Goulding, Daft Punk, and Innerpartysystem.

LOOSE DIRT TRACK LIST:
1. Lights
2. Rain (featuring Sara Kay)
3. Gamefire (featuring Mike Diva)
4. Let It Go (featuring Katfyr)
5. Hey Hey
6. Chinter’s Will (featuring Sara Kay)
7. Hit Me
8. Dubstep Guns (bonus track)

LOOSE DIRT will be available in stores and online. MSRP for the CD is $11.98.

STREAMING MP3 – “Rain”
http://soundcloud.com/brosseaupr/rain-ft-sara-kay-by-klaypex/s-oZ4dj

VIDEO – “Dubstep Guns”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4

www.cleopatrarecords.com

Jackson 5 box set now available

The Jackson 5 burst on the music scene like a ray of sunshine in late 1969, reeling off four consecutive No. 1 hits, inspiring worldwide Jacksonmania. To stay hot they kept recording, and a treasure trove of newly discovered and previously unreleased recordings by Michael, Jermaine, Jackie, Marlon and Tito are being released for the first time on Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls (Motown/Hip-oSelect/UMe). Produced by Deke Richards, leader of “The Corporation™,” the Jackson 5’s original hit songwriting-production team, the extraordinary 32-track, 2-CD set — enough songs to fill three Jackson 5 albums — will be available digitally August 28, 2012, in honor of Michael’s birthday (August 29). The retail version will be released September 18, 2012, and housed in a special box with deluxe packaging.

“Motown maintained a level of quality that remains unparalleled,” said Bruce Resnikoff, President/CEO, UMe. “The Jackson 5, like many of the Motown greats, recorded more material than they could ever release. There’s something in this set for every fan, from their bubblegum-pop beginnings to their more mature years. Every song on this set is a ‘Jackson 5 classic’ and we are thrilled that they were discovered and we can make them available to the public for the first time.”

Producer Deke Richards added, “When I listened to the very first tracks that were uncovered, it was almost like scratching my way through the darkness, with only a small torch to guide me. Then all at once a glow appeared, like discovering King Solomon’s Mines…. There were sapphires, diamonds, rubies, and then there were those gorgeous pearls, those unmistakable ‘rare pearls.’ They sound as good today as they did when they were recorded 40 years ago. Michael and his brothers are truly remarkable. I knew when I heard their songs again, it was my destiny to give each of these songs some TLC and share them with the rest of the world. Pound for pound, this is some of their best music ever.”

Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls is rich with gems. “If The Shoe Don’t Fit” is a “Corporation classic” that coulda-woulda-shoulda been the follow-up to the J5’s No. 1 hit “The Love You Save.” “Our Love,” led by Jermaine, is destined to become a new wedding favorite. “If You Want Heaven” updates the classic Motown sound, while “Iddinit,” “If I Can’t Nobody Can” and “Would Ya Would Ya Baby” hint at a new funk direction for the brothers. “Love Trip,” a ballad, points in the direction a solo Michael would take in the next phase of his career.

There are also striking covers done J5-style, including “Mama Told Me Not To Come,” a No. 1 hit for Three Dog Night; Jackie DeShannon’s “Movin’;” the pop/soul perennial “Up On The Roof;” a Stax nugget, “I Got A Sure Thing;” Traffic’s “Feelin’ Alright,” in a stompin’ studio version of a song previously best known performed live by the J5; and new versions of Motown chestnuts “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Keep An Eye,” “I’m Your Sunny One (He’s My Sunny Boy)” (all originally by the Supremes); “Since I Lost My Baby” (Temptations); “Lets Go Back To Day One” (Eddie Kendricks); and “Label Me Love” (Different Shades Of Brown).

Bonus tracks are: producer Deke Richards’ original unedited version of “That’s How Love Is,” a rarity which first appeared on 2009’s I Want You Back!: The Unreleased Masters; Richards’ original extended mix for “If I Have To Move A Mountain,” an LP track issued in 1972; and a super treat for J5 fans, the demo for “Mama’s Pearl,” previously hidden deep in Deke’s personal vault.

Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls is housed in a unique package: a 7-inch square box packed with the discs in their own sleeves; an oversized booklet featuring detailed annotations, rare photos, and essays by Deke Richards and author/professor Mark Anthony Neal; and an actual 45-rpm, 7-inch vinyl single in a slick picture sleeve – “If The Shoe Don’t Fit” b/w “Feelin’ Alright.” It’s a perfect birthday celebration for one of the greatest groups of all time.

TRACK LIST:

Disc 1
1. (We’re The) Music Makers
2. If The Shoe Don’t Fit
3. Come And Get It (Love’s On The Fire)
4. I Got A Sure Thing
5. After You Leave Girl
6. Mama Told Me Not To Come
7. Iddinit
8. Since I Lost My Baby
9. Keep An Eye
10. Movin’
11. Feelin’ Alright studio version
12. You Better Watch Out
13. I’m Your Sunny One (He’s My Sunny Boy)
14. Someone’s Standing In My Love Light

Disc 2
1. If You Want Heaven
2. You Can’t Hurry Love
3. Keep Off The Grass
4. Going My Way
5. Makin’ Life A Little Easier For You
6. Up On The Roof
7. If I Can’t Nobody Can
8. Our Love
9. I Can’t Get Enough Of You
10. Cupid
11. Let’s Go Back To Day One
12. Would Ya Would Ya Baby
13. Love Trip
14. Label Me Love
15. Jumbo Sam

Bonus Tracks
16. That’s How Love Is original complete version
17. If I Have To Move A Mountain original complete version
18. Mama’s Pearl demo (“Guess Who’s Making Whoopee”)


Upcoming concerts from Nederlander week of Aug. 29

CITY NATIONAL GROVE OF ANAHEIM

Bunbury
ON SALE Fri., Aug. 31 at 1 PM
SHOW DATE Nov. 19 at 8:00 PM
TICKET PRICES $59.50 / $45.00 / $52.50 (day-of-show)


www.nederlanderconcerts.com