Watch: Jane’s Addiction – “Underground”
January 25th, 2012
Jane’s Addiction continues to roll out the vids. This time Perry Farrell and the crew play house band in a 1920′s club that’s brimming with sin: gambling, drinking, fornicating…the horror!
Down below you can check out the video for the jam called “Underground” from their newest album, The Great Escape Artist. Speaking to Spinner.com, Farrell described the concept of the video. He said, “There are Siamese Gargoyles, séances, card games and a man in a white fedora who was also on the cover of [Led Zeppelin's] In Through the Out Door. People get made love to and murdered in the backrooms while the band plays on.”
In case you still don’t know, Jane’s Addiction is going on tour later this year and will play smaller, more intimate venues. See all the tour dates right here.
Watch: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Look Around”
January 25th, 2012
Behold a brand new video from Red Hot Chili Peppers for the track “Look Around” from their newest album, I’m With You.
The video features each member of RHCP performing in their own separate rooms that “loosely represented the band members’ personalities, so almost all the props and artwork in the rooms came from their personal collections,” according to the band’s website.
Flea has definitely got the best room which includes a hot punk-rock chick and whipped cream fights while guitarist Josh Klinghoffer looks to be going for the minimalist approach. Drummer Chad Smith is saving time by combining his bedroom and workout area and Anthony Kiedis is just an all around family man.
If you haven’t been paying attention, the band just released a batch of new North American tour dates. Catch up by clicking here to see them.
Slipknot, Slayer headlining 2012 Mayhem Festival
January 25th, 2012
Well this looks promising! This year’s Mayhem festival, the touring hard rock and metal celebration, has got itself quite a massive line up this year.
Slipknot and Slayer will be headlining the festival while the side stages will boast bands including Anthrax, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, High On Fire and As I Lay Dying. There’s also a special artist that will be announced on April 6th and the big rumor is that Motörhead will be that band. The festival will kick off on June 30th in San Bernardino, CA. Tickets go on sale starting April 6th at Livenation.com
So for all the American Slipknot fans that have really wanted the band back on home soil, you finally got your wish. Check out all the tour dates down below.
Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2012 tour dates:
6/30 – San Manuel Amphitheater, San Bernardino, CA
7/1 – Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
7/3 – White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA
7/4 – TBD, Boise, ID
7/6 – Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
7/7 – Hard Rock Pavilion, Albuquerque, NM
7/8 – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Englewood, CO
7/10 – Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas, TX
7/11 – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Spring, TX
7/13 – 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre At the Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, FL
7/14 – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
7/15 – Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN
7/18 – TBD, Oklahoma City, OK
7/20 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, MO
7/21 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL
7/22 – DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
7/24 – Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
7/25 – Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
7/27 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
7/28 – First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA
7/29 – Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA
7/31 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
8/1 -Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
8/3 – Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
8/4 – Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain, Moosic, PA
8/5 – Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Shawn “Clown” Crahan release short film, Thy Shalt I
January 25th, 2012
Slipknot’s own Corey Taylor and Shawn “Clown” Crahan have decided to go into the movie business. The first thing they did, like all aspiring film moguls, is create a short film and then, naturally, go to the Sundance Film Festival with it and show it off to all the other Hollywood emperors of film. Now us common folk get to see the film too.
Up top is the short film from Taylor and Crahan’s production company, Living Breathing Films, called Thy Shalt I. Do you think this duo has what it takes to rule Hollywood with their films? Watch and find out.
Watch: Mastodon – “Dry Bone Valley”
January 24th, 2012
If you haven’t seen this yet and have been looking for something new to trip balls on then you’re in luck! Up top is the brand new music video from Mastodon for the song “Dry Bone Valley” from The Hunter. It’s a bunch of images thrown in your face nonstop that invite the use of psychedelics to enhance the viewing experience. So you go ahead and start screaming why the bad man won’t get out of your eyeballs after watching this video a couple times.
RiO!B episode – January 24, 2012
January 24th, 2012Trent Reznor not nominated for an Oscar this year
January 24th, 2012
Remember last year at the Academy Awards when Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Oscar for Best Original Score for The Social Network? That was fun to see, wasn’t it? Sadly it won’t be happening again this year.
It looks like the Academy is over and done with dark, brooding, digital, industrial scores and is going back to honoring the classic sounding scores. Reznor and Ross didn’t get nominated for their work on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo while legendary composers like John Williams (War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin) and Howard Shore (Hugo) have been nominated.
Furthermore, other artists that the blogosphere holds in high regard were also snubbed of nominations this year as well. The National, Zooey Deschanel and Jónsi of Sigur Rós weren’t nominated even though they made the initial short list of nominees. However, Bret MacKenzie of Flight Of The Conchords did get a nomination for his song “Man or Muppets” from the movie The Muppets.
If at any time you feel like yelling out “Bullshit” to any of this news, please know that you’re not alone.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announce North American tour dates
January 24th, 2012
The Boss has got a new album coming soon so why not couple it with a massive tour? Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will kick off a North American outing starting March 18th in Atlanta, GA. The tour is in support of Springsteen’s forthcoming album, Wrecking Ball, which is out on March 6th.
The North American dates that have been announced are only the first leg of a tour in the States and Canada. Following their North American shows, the band will head over to Europe for a lengthy tour starting May 13th in Seville, Spain.
Tickets for most North American shows will go on sale starting January 27th. All the dates can be seen down below. Full ticket info can be found at Springsteen’s website.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2012 tour dates:
3/18 – Atlanta, GA, Philips Arena
3/19 – Greensboro, NC, Greensboro Coliseum
3/23 – Tampa, FL, Tampa Bay Times Forum
3/26 – Boston, MA, TD Garden
3/28 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
3/29 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
4/1 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
4/3 – E. Rutherford, NJ, Izod Center
4/4 – E. Rutherford, NJ, Izod Center
4/6 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
4/9 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
4/12 – Detroit, MI, The Palace of Auburn Hills
4/13 – Buffalo, NY, First Niagara Center
4/16 – Albany, NY, Times Union Center
4/24 – San Jose, CA, HP Pavilion
4/26 – Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
4/29 – New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Jazz Festival
5/2 – Newark, NJ, Prudential Center
Watch: Sleigh Bells – “Comeback Kid”
January 24th, 2012
One of the first songs of 2012 that I’m loving is the new single from Sleigh Bells called “Comeback Kid” from their forthcoming album, Reign Of Terror. Now we’ve got a video for the jam which you can check out up top.
Reign Of Terror is out on February 21st.
