Music in the Morning w/ ZFG on FOX 7 Austin

ZFG took time out of their tour to stop in the Good Day FOX 7 Austin studio for a preview of their new music.
Check out our acoustic performance 🤘🏻🤑🤘🏻

If you’re in the Austin area , come to ZFG show tomorrow night at Come And Take It Live #ZFG

Fri, April 19, 2019 6:00 pm – Come and Take It Live – Austin, TX – $18-20

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Legendary Songwriter, Session Guitarist & Soul Blues Singer Arthur Adams stops by Cleopatra Records

 

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Legendary songwriter, session guitarist and soul blues singer Arthur Adams stops by Cleopatra Records. Photo of Arthir with our own Ken tighe.

Catch Arthur Adams headlining this year’s Topanga Blues Festival on May 4th, 2019 (https://scbsevents.org/)
Arthur who has collaborated with B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Keb Mo, Dr. John, Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, and many more!

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2019 11 AM – 4 PM DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Arthur Adams – Look What The Blues Has Done For Me (2 CD)

Legendary songwriter, session guitarist and soul blues singer Arthur Adams, who has collaborated with B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Dr. John, Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, and many more, proudly presents his brand new studio album – his first in 8 years!

Adams proves that the blues only gets better wtih age as he and his band bring the goods on these 13 all new compositions including the standout tracks “Helpin’ Hand Man,” the gospel-tinged “If You Let Me Love You” and the outstanding title track!

Celebrating the career of this blues troubadour we are including a full-length bonus disc of tracks from Adams’ ’70s albums, all of which are appearing here for the first time ever on CD, PLUS the jazz-funk dance single “You Got The Floor” which went to #1 on the UK Disco Chart in 1981!

Track List:
DISC 1
1. You Pullin’ My Leg
2. Look What The Blues Has Done For Me
3. Helpin’ Hand Man
4. No Refunds
5. Low Down And Dirty
6. All Dressed Up
7. Elevator Ride
8. I’ve Had Enough
9. Dump You
10. Leftover From Yesterday
11. Gutbucket
12. If You Let Me Love You
13. Gorgeous

DISC 2
1. I’ll Never Be The Same
2. I Gotta Help My People
3. Do What Cha Doin’
4. The Blues
5. We’ve Got An Understanding
6. Keep On Dancing
7. Beale Street
8. Shake A Loose
9. Music Feels Good To Me
10. You Give Me Such A Good Feelin’
11. Put Your Hand In Mine
12. Let’s Dance
BONUS TRACK
13. You Got The Floor

Ca$his will be releasing his latest album, The Art of Living

Chicago born Rapper Ca$his will be releasing his latest album, The Art of Living, on May 3rd via Cleopatra Records. He recently released a video for the LP lead single “What Ca$his Bout”.

The LP’s latest single is called “Pacen” and can also be streamed below.

Ca$his “What Ca$his Bout” (Official Music Video)

Ca$his – The Art of Living

The superb new studio album from one time Eminem prodigy and Shady Records recording artist, Ca$his!

This is the album that Ca$his fans have been waiting for, a triumphant return from one of the game’s best MCs – just check the singles “What Ca$his Bout,” “Look At Him,” and “Pacen!”

Features production by Rikinatti who has been producing for Ca$his since the blockbuster 2006 compilation album Eminem Presents The Re-Up!

Ca$his has built a loyal following over the years and has almost a million monthly listeners on Spotify!

Available on both CD and limited edition RED vinyl!

Track list:
1. The Realest
2. What Ca$his Bout
3. Parlay
4. All Tha Time
5. Look At Him
6. Roll Up
7. Tha Land
8. Talk About It
9. Pacen
10. Really Wit It
11. Trappen Down Tha Line
12. Energy
13. Everywhere
14. When I Ryde

Interview with Brainticket

Brainticket is an experimental band most active in the early 1970s, and known for its use of exotic instruments and jazz-inspired compositions. The only constant member has been Belgian musician Joel Vandroogenbroeck.

Where and when did you grow up? Was music a big part of your family life?

I was born in Brussels (Belgium) in 1938, right in the middle of the German Nazi occupation. I was only four years old that I realized what was the war. Bombings every night, airplanes noises, houses on fire, and I could say now that I had been very lucky also to know later that my father was in the resistance and saved a lot of people. In the middle of all this, I remember that there was an old piano in the house, that nobody never used and as a young child I started to play. I was three years old at that time. I do not remember if anybody teached me and I also know that music was not part of my family. Wait, now comes an obscure remembering that my mother used to sing and had a good voice as people said but this is all what I remember. I grew up and when I was six, one day we heard the sound of canons getting near, I saw those proud Nazis commanders getting rid of their black uniforms in the middle of the street and run away in their underwear. I never forgot that picture. The war was over but we still were starving. Then, another image I will never forget is when a tank appeared with the American flag and a GI offered me a banana and a chewing gum. This anecdote had later a great influence on me, I went during my life many times to America, became a jazz musician, made a lot of friends there. Today, I feel so sorry about what is going on in the US. What is happening? An elected leadership that divides communities, turns into racism, build walls between people, unrespectful to other countries, turning into the worst version of the brutal capitalism. Seeking power at any costs. A war machine is building up very fast and will be ready to conquer the World before we realize what is happening. This has to be stopped!!! People start to hate Americans again and I feel so sorry, as my American friends also feel the same. But we are not here to talk about politics, in fact I don’t care about it as long as we all can live in peace and harmony, we all live on the same planet. (“I might be a dreamer but I am not the only one.” – John Lennon). I am sure that America will find its right balance again. So, lets get back to our (or maybe my) story. I was 6 years old when WW2 ended and we were free. My family took me to the coast, Oostende, Dunkerque. As I remember playing “Lettre a Elise” on the piano for a group of allied soldiers. That was my first concert. After that, life was normal again. I went to school, took piano lessons and grew up peacefully until I was 15.

“I started to escape through the window at night to meet with other young jazz musicians in a known jazz club in Brussels.”

When did you begin playing music? What was your first instrument? Who were your major influences?

One day a friend came to me with a 78 disc, he was all excited and told me to listen to it because it was something incredible that we never heard before. He had one of the first modern jazz recordings of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. I remember it so well: Ornithology, the man I love, Be-Bop, Billie’s Bounce etc. That was it! I was fully into it. Did all I could to find other recordings, which was not easy to get at that time. Dizzy Gillespie’s big band concert in Paris, pianist Bud Powell, and many many others started to emerge in my quest. I started to escape through the window at night to meet with other young jazz musicians in a known jazz club in Brussels where I started to set in various jam sessions between us. I did not do that very often as I had to go to school the next day. This was all very secret. Of course, in the meantime I was studying classic piano music at the music conservatory of Brussels. This had to happen one day: I was summoned at the office of the director. This day I felt like I was sent to hell for my sins. I was brutally kicked out of the musical conservatory of Brussels for taking part of playing a so called jazz music on the piano, totally disgraceful and savaged bad influence to the renommée of this institution. Good bye classic music! It didn’t matter so much to me because I was totally bored with classics. (The teachings of classic music at that time made me hate it. A better teaching would have made me love it.) Much later I came back to classic and I loved it. Some people made me understand it and this was another story. So, my first basic instrument was the piano, obviously because of my piano studies that made me master the instrument. But, at that time, most of the jazz clubs, concert places only had bad and untuned pianos, (electric pianos didn’t exist yet), and most of the time there were no bassists around to play the gig. So, for a question of necessity, one day I grabbed a double bass and started to play it. This was not that hard to learn, just that my hands were full of blisters, hurting a lot.

“Some people took us to see the river Congo, from this moment on I understood the incredible natural force of Africa.”

Read more at: psychedelicbabymag.com

Crawling and romancing the shadows with Gnostic Gorilla

By: RingMaster Review

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Gnostic Gorilla is a dark electronic project which wears unpredictability as easily as imagination in its ear gripping sound. Recently we had the chance and pleasure to talk about the solo project with creator Dean Mason, exploring its origins and music amongst many things as well as picking at Dean’s thoughts about music in general.

Hello Dean and thanks for taking time out to talk with us.

Thank you. My pleasure!

Can you first introduce the project and give us some background to how it all started?

Sure. As a teenager, I began exploring the idea of recording music. I was of course a major day tripper…I mean…day dreamer. Hahahahaha! So I ventured out to record two songs, Dark Hallway and Golgotha for a single. I had some excellent musicians join me in the studio (Dave Davidson, Tony Bourdeau, Shaun Saunders and Chris Byrnes) and with the help of my parents I released the 45 rpm under the so called label name “Lonely Ghost Productions”. That was my first experiment with recording music. I left it at that and went to school to find some sort of career. In 2012, I returned to recording, as a hobby and recorded exclusively electronic music with a dark bent. (Gothic/Dark Wave/Industrial) I released a few singles on iTunes etc. and then in 2015 I released the first album (St. Basil’s Asylum) using the project name “Gnostic Gorilla”. Before that I was using the project name “The Lonely Ghost Project” but that changed once I learnt there was an American band called “The Lonely Ghost Parade”. I wanted to avoid confusion. So that’s a brief history of “Gnostic Gorilla”.

What inspired the name “Gnostic Gorilla”?

As I mentioned earlier, initially my project was called “The Lonely Ghost Project” but I changed it to “Gnostic Gorilla”. I had a song called Gnostic Gorilla (now renamed Eye for a Lie) and I decided to use that name for the project. The idea behind the name is a sort of convergence of two world views: the religious ‘creation’ story and Darwin’s theory of evolution. “Gnostic” means “knowledge” or “to know”. That is a reference to the “tree of knowledge”. Obviously, “Gorilla” is in reference to the idea that we evolved from some sort of ‘ape’ species (not specifically the Gorilla of course) and here we are. “Gnostic Gorilla” is not about Gnosticism as some may think.

Was there any specific idea behind the forming of the project and also in what you wanted it and your sound to offer?

In many ways a lot of it was allowing the creative process to dictate where I wanted the project to go and how I wanted to sound. I started off doing simply instrumental/soundtrack type recordings. Then I decided to try and do a complete song with lyrics/vocals. The first song I did as part of this new electronic music pursuit was a song called Requiem for the Prophet of Doom which was a tribute to Peter Steele of Type O Negative who passed away in 2010. There were two versions of that track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEnSgqaI3JA& https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0N7Uxzg7ac

That was released under the name “Dean Mason of The Lonely Ghost Project”, as singles. Soon after this, I began to really become more interested in a sound that was more industrial and Gothic or Dark Wave and eventually after a few more singles I recorded St. Basil’s Asylumwhich is now rereleased by Cleopatra Records. Most of my music has been industrial or Gothic since then… Read the full story at https://ringmasterreviewintroduces.wordpress.com/2019/04/12/crawling-and-romancing-the-shadows-with-gnostic-gorilla/

“St. Basil’s Asylum” via Cleopatra Records.
Stream the album: https://open.spotify.com/album/2L3PFQSzK1D9tqHV6pIvcb?si=w0ocTjwCQrCTvzZwKrCeIw

Buck-O-Nine Releases Ska-Punk Anthem “Tuff Rudeboy”, New Album, Fundaymentl, Out April 19th

Southern California ska-punk trailblazers BUCK-O-NINE have released a raucous new track called “Tuff Rudeboy” today at NewNoiseMagazine.com. The song is featured on the band’s highly anticipated 6th album, FunDayMental, that’s due on April 19th from Cleopatra Records. The band will be celebrating the record upcoming release with a hometown show in San Diego, CA at Music Box on May 11th. For additional dates and tickets visit: http://www.buckonine.com.

STREAM “TUFF RUDEBOY” AT NEWNOISEMAGAZINE.COM: http://bit.ly/2P5YGek

PRE-ORDER FUNDAYMENTAL NOW:
Digital – https://orcd.co/eb25v9k
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BUCK-O-NINE’s new single follows their previously released song, “Top of the World.” Watch the video below:

Formed nearly 3 decades ago in San Diego, BUCK-O-NINE were an integral part in the early 90’s ska scene, who shared the stages with acts like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Specials among others and helped spark a global ska phenomenon. Over the years the band released 5 albums, had songs featured in movies and television and enjoyed the success of multiple singles.

Following the release of 2007’s Sustain, BUCK-O-NINE consistently performed live to fans both old and new in Western states, and has now regrouped for an introspective and infectious new record that shows they’ve still got it!. The band’s sixth full-length, FunDayMental, sees them once again combining elements of reggae, rocksteady, rock and punk into a unique amalgam of music that the act has pioneered since 1991. Amazingly, their lineup also features six out of seven founding members and their “newest” musician, bassist Andy Platfoot, has been in the band for 19 years. That sort of history makes BUCK-O-NINE less of a band than they are a family and that dynamic is evident on all 14 songs on FunDayMental, which includes the band’s new material alongside reworked versions of fan favorites “My Town” and “Irish Drinking Song.”

“The album is about life, love and unity. It’s a reflection of our lives and struggles in this crazy beautiful world.” – – Jon Pebsworth (vocals)

BUCK-O-NINE has confirmed a handful of shows in support of the new album with additional dates to be announced soon.

FunDayMental Tracklisting:
Paint The Night Red
Top Of The World
In My Room
Skeletons
We Won’t Fight
Fun Day Mental
With You I Can
Irish Drinking Song (MThead Sessions)
YaYa
Don’t Be Afraid
Monday Morning
Tuff Rudeboy
My Town (MThead Sessions)
Dust it Off

BUCK-O-NINE TOUR DATES:
May 11 – San Diego, CA – Music Box (Album Release Show)
May 24-29 – Japanese Tour
Aug 22 – Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theatre
Aug 23 – Omaha, NE – Lookout Lounge
Aug 24 – Chicago, IL – 350 Fest: Weekend Invasion @ Tinley Field

Folllow Buck-O-Nine:
http://www.buckonine.com
https://www.facebook.com/buckonine/
http://www.twitter.com/buck09
http://instagram.com/buckonine
http://www.youtube.com/user/buckonineband

Denver Rap Artist ITSOKTOCRY Drops New Anthem For Antisocials

Via: broadwayworld.com

Buzzing Denver rap artist ITSOKTOCRY’s new single and music video “BI-POLAR FREESTYLE” is premiering today at here! It was shot by bouldermediahouse, with an
edit by @slimeknight.

Regarding the track, ITSOKTOCRY says, “I freestyled the whole song in a few minutes, but I’m basically just trying to get a message across. Mental health, including anxiety and depression and bipolar disorder, have been kind of popularized by music and pop culture, and kids think it’s cool to have those things and they pretend to have those afflictions. When in reality those afflicted, including myself, are tormented every day. That’s why I say things like “I don’t know why the hell you want to be like me, my life fu*** miserable I don’t know why you like me” in the song. It’s just me speaking my mind on the matter. I was in my feelings when I made it.”

ITSOKTOCRY’s music has been described as dark electronic, a rock/rap hybrid that sounds like a future Nine Inch Nails. Framed by his iconic green hair, the ITSOKTOCRY musical persona binds the bridge between music genres to create his own unique sound. A collision of emoticon-laden innocence and deeply felt torment that absolutely commands your attention. From guttural screaming, to beautiful melodies, his vocal range sets him apart from other artists, making this exciting new artist a pivotal leader in the new wave emerging from the rap genre.

Stream the single on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ezvf6JCkV7q6TJoQv3HeN.

“Bi-Polar Freestyle” appears on ITSOKTOCRY’s upcoming album ‘Poshboy,’ which will be released April 5th on Cleopatra Records.

The track serves as the follow up to his recent singles “JIRACHI” and “LIL LOCK PICK” which have generated over half a million combined views on Youtube.

ITSOKTOCRY says, “LIL LOCK PICK is a personal swagger anthem. A result of unlocking hidden potential and self-care leads to an experimental ensemble of fast dirty synths and cartoonish vocals. Anybody who is feeling themself or the swag is really gonna vibe with the track. The concept behind the video is a mixture of aesthetics from the Disney Hercules underworld, and an ode to the Fall Out Boy classic “Sugar We’re Going Down.” Dark deep blues mixed with pastel electric pinks really pull you into the world of the video. The point was to convey a demigod like presence and otherworldly atmosphere to run parallel with the harsh futuristic instrumental.”

Originally a part of JOULE$’ underground hip hop association Dio Collective, by late 2015 ITSOKTOCRY was running with HEARTBREAKK CLUBB, a loose collection of rappers, artists and producers, including Yunggoth and the soon to be posthumous megastar Lil Peep. Peep and ITSOKTOCRYcollaborated on several tracks, released primarily through Soundcloud, prior to Peep’s passing in in 2017 at the age of 21. But Peep wasn’t just a collaborator, he was also ITSOKTOCRY’s close personal friend whose loss still reverberates through both his music and lyrics.

ITSOKTOCRY has already created a major buzz among his substantial following including 150k monthly listeners on Spotify as well as 17k followers on Twitter, and now with his new record titled ‘Poshboy’ ready to be released in early-April on powerhouse indie label Cleopatra Records, ITSOKTOCRY is ready to step even further into the spotlight.

British Post-Punk Veterans 1919 Return With A Brand New Masterpiece Of Darkly Melodic Goth Rock, FUTURECIDE!

Like the mythic phoenix rising from the ashes, British post-punk band 1919 have gone through Hell and back over the course of their harrowing career, but they keep returning stronger than ever! Founded in 1980, the band released its debut album Machine in 1983 and one EP a year later before calling it quits. However, the band reformed in 2014 to great acclaim, performing numerous tours and at festivals across Europe. Then, tragedy struck as the band’s founding guitarist Mark Tighe was diagnosed with cancer in 2016 and succumbed to the disease in January of this year. Tighe insisted that the band should carry on without him, which they have done in finest form with their newest effort Futurecide. The album, which will be officially released on April 12 via Cleopatra Records, features brand new compositions and includes special guest performances by Tighe as well as former member Steve Madden, who also passed away this year. The first single, “Anxiety,” was released at the end of 2018 when it debuted on Post-Punk.com (https://www.post-punk.com/british-post-punk-veterans-1919-premiere-their-video-for-anxiety/).

The newly revamped and reinvigorated 1919 will be touring extensively in support of this release kicking off with shows in Mexico City and Costa Rica. Difficulties with visas caused their US tour in April to be delayed until September but several dates in the UK and Europe are still planned. This comes at a time when international travel has become ever more difficult due to the isolationist policies of both the US and British governments, an issue that band itself tackles head on in the song “Isolation,” whose chorus states “I hope your flag keeps you warm. You’d be a lucky man. Enjoy your isolation.”

See here for a complete list of upcoming shows: https://1919.co.uk/live

Futurecide Album AVAILABLE NOW ON:
iTunes / Spotify / Deezer / Bandcamp / Cleopatra Records

Track List:
1. Anxiety
2. Isolation
3. Futurecide
4. Radicals
5. Dali Alarma
6. Speak Now
7. Aurora
8. Man, Myth, And The Curse Of The Immortal
9. Stop The World
10. Where Are You Now?

Connect with 1919
https://1919.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/1919official
https://twitter.com/1919official
https://www.instagram.com/1919official/

Upcoming Concerts

Ca$his Announces “The Art Of Living” Album With “What Ca$his Bout” Video

Via: hiphopdx.com

Former Shady Records signee Ca$his made his grand entrance into the Hip Hop world in 2006 when he appeared alongside Eminem, 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks on “You Don’t Know,” the inaugural single from the platinum-selling compilation, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up.

Ca$his has released six studio albums since dropping The Art Of Dying debut in 2012. Now, he’s back with a new video for “What Ca$his Bout,” another offering from his upcoming project, The Art Of Living. 

“The Art of Living marks first installment of my Ca$his Art series trilogy,” he tells HipHopDX. “It’s my best album to date and rare art. The vibe is all me as I made a conscious choice to not have any quest features. I want to showcase that I have a variety of vibes and musical styles.

“My comeback is based on my own work and not a compilation album, ya feel me! This album is all about the name on the front of the album. All you have to do is press play; the music speaks for itself.”

The project is expected to arrive on May 13. Until then, check out the video above and the album art and tracklist below.

Pre-orders are available here.

Tracklist
1. The Realest
2. Look At Him
3. What Ca$his Bout
4. Roll Up
5. All Tha Time
6. Energy
7. Tha Land
8. Parlay
9. Full Attention
10. Pacen
11. Trappen Down The Line
12. Really Wit It
13. Errwhere
14. When I Ryde

he superb new studio album from one time Eminem prodigy and Shady Records recording artist, Ca$his!

This is the album that Ca$his fans have been waiting for, a triumphant return from one of the game’s best MCs – just check the singles “What Ca$his Bout,” “Look At Him,” and “Pacen!”

Features production by Rikinatti who has been producing for Ca$his since the blockbuster 2006 compilation album Eminem Presents The Re-Up!

Ca$his has built a loyal following over the years and has almost a million monthly listeners on Spotify!

Available for download/streaming, CD and limited edition RED vinyl!

Tank Releases Lyric Video For ‘Shellshock’ Featuring Cradle of Filth’s Dani Filth

Via: blabbermouth.net

Veteran British metallers TANK will release their new album, “Re-Ignition”, on April 26 via Cleopatra Records (Rubicon Music in Japan). The LP is a tribute to the early days of TANKand features 11 classic TANK songs chosen from the first four albums which were originally released in the early ’80s: “Filth Hounds Of Hades”, “Power Of The Hunter”, “This Means War” and “Honour And Blood”. “Re-Ignition” also features two very special guest appearances. CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth and thrash legend Tom Angelripper of SODOM both add their own unique style and energy to this already formidable album.

“Re-Ignition” track listing

01. Walking Barefoot Over Glass 
02. Power Of The Hunter (feat. Tom Angelripper) 
03. Just Like Something From Hell 
04. (He Fell in Love With A) Stormtrooper 
05. This Means War 
06. Shellshock (feat. Dani Filth) 
07. W.M.L.A. 
08. Honour And Blood 
09. Blood, Guts And Beer 
10. Echoes Of A Distant Battle 
11. The War Drags Ever On

The official lyric video for Shellshock, featuring a guest appearance by Dani Filth, can be seen below.

Says TANK guitarist Mick Tucker: “Many of the songs from those classic albums are still present in our live set and we are constantly being asked by our fans if we would ever consider re-recording any of them. Those original recordings are timeless and will always be there but we thought what harm can it do to give them a full metal makeover and inject new life into them. They deserve it!”

Adds TANK guitarist Cliff Evans: “We approached U.S. label Cleopatra Records to see if they would be interested in releasing the album. They jumped on it straight away and suggested the possibility of adding some special guests on the album. Maybe some artists who were influenced by TANK back in the ’80s. Great idea! We recruited CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth to record a version of ‘Shellshock’ in his own unique style and also German thrash legend Tom Angelripper from SODOM who has taken ‘Power Of The Hunter’ to another insane level.”

Tucker and Evans are joined on the album are recent recruits David Readman (PINK CREAM 69) on vocals and Randy Van Der Elsen on bass. Longtime TANK member and former SODOM drummer Bobby Schottkowski occupies the drum throne.

Readman replaced former TANK vocalist and one time DRAGONFORCE frontman ZP Theartafter he was approached by SKID ROW to join them on a permanent basis. ZP recorded one album during his time with TANK (“Valley Of Tears”) which became the band’s best-selling album since 1984’s “Honour And Blood”. Prior to ZP, the vocalist position was taken by former RAINBOW frontman Doogie White who is a member of MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP. His contribution to TANK includes the albums “War Machine” and “War Nation”plus the band’s first-ever live DVD (“War Machine Live!”).

Says Evans: “We’ve always aimed high when it comes to recruiting new vocalists and musicians and it’s always paid off. We’re very proud of the albums we’ve made with Doogie and ZP and now this new album showcases the amazing vocal talent of David Readman.”

TANK will embark on a run of shows in April when they’ll be visiting Holland, Belgium, Finland, Sweden and also making an appearance in the Ukraine for the first time at the Volume Club in Kiev. A full European tour is scheduled for September/October along with shows in Japan and South America.

Cleopatra Entertainment To Release ‘Room 37 – The Mysterious Death of Johnny Thunders’

Via: broadwayworld.com

Cleopatra Entertainment has set a release date for their production ROOM 37 – THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JOHNNY THUNDERS, a supernatural horror-thriller written and directed by the Cordero Brothers – Vicente Cordero and Fernando Cordero Caballero. The film features Leo Ramsey, Devin McGregor Ketko, Timothy Lee-Priest, and Jason Lasater, and includes the infamous Johnny Thunders song “Born to Lose,” along with a vocal appearance by legendary New York Dolls member Sylvain Sylvain. Produced by Shanti Whitney, the film was executive produced by Brian Perera, Yvonne Perera, and co-produced by Tim Yasui.

The film is also set for its UK premiere on March 24th at the second annual Sound Screen Music & Film Festival at the Regent Street Cinema in London, England, which runs from March 22nd thru March 27th. The premier occurs just weeks before the 28th Anniversary of Thunder’s mysterious death (April 23rd, 1991) and tickets for the premier can be purchased directly from the Theater here. Cleopatra will debut the film on Tuesday, May 21st worldwide on all VOD platforms.

In the film, famed rock and roll guitarist Johnny Thunders arrives in New Orleans to begin a new chapter of his life by following a new musical sound and staying clean from drugs in order to see his kids again. After he settles into the St. Peter’s Guest House Hotel, things go awry. His room is robbed which contained the last of his money and his only methadone supply. Johnny’s journey to recovery quickly turns dark when he takes DESPERATE MEASURES to get better, all which propel Johnny deeper in chaos that ultimately leads to his unexplained mysterious final hours.

ROOM 37 – THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JOHNNY THUNDERS CLUB will also be released in a limited-edition BLU RAY/DVD/CD Soundtrack format packaged in a gorgeous, six-panel Digipak on May 24th, 2019. The soundtrack includes performances by the real Johnny Thunders as well as his former bandmates Walter Lure and Sylvain Sylvain.

Pre-order here

Part Time Punks Presents an Evening of Some of the Best New Darkwave Bands on the Continent w/ ACTORS + TWIN TRIBES + CREUX LIES + BOOTBLACKS

Part Time Punks presents an evening of some of the best new darkwave bands on the continent….with ACTORS + TWIN TRIBES + CREUX LIES + BOOTBLACKS…

Listen to CREUX LIES:
https://creuxlies.bandcamp.com/
Revered for use of reverb-laden guitar work, creative synth structures, and dynamic vocals akin to the style of many early shades of 80’s pop darkness, CREUX LIES are known as an Alternative / Post-punk / New Romantic-esque project from Sacramento, California.

8pm / $10adv ($13dos) / 18+
www.parttimepunks.com
Get adv tix HERE:
https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1799649

The Specials: Neville Staple releases knife crime song

Via: bbc.com

The Specials founder member Neville Staple has released a single titled Put Away Your Knives in tribute to his grandson who was stabbed to death.

Fidel Glasgow, the son of Mr Staple’s daughter Melanie, died after being stabbed in Coventry on 1 September.

Mr Staple said the song was dedicated his grandson “and to everyone else who has been affected by violent crimes”.

The song is a remake of A Message To You Rudy and highlights the “pain and the anger” inflicted on families.

Mr Staple said: “It’s time we take back some control and teach the youth right from wrong and the consequences of their actions.”

One man has been jailed for violent disorder and robbery in relation to the death of 21-year-old Mr Glasgow. No-one has been charged over his murder.

The ska singer and his wife Christine ‘Sugary’ Staple collaborated with Dandy Livingstone on the new track.

Mrs Staple said: “It’s like there’s no regard for life now, it’s become the norm.

“It’s in the lyrics, saying put them down, think about you’re doing. Kids might be on your plan, who are they going to look up to?

“You’re walking around with a blade in your hand or you’ve cut somebody. Think about where you’re going with this.”

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In December, Mr Glasgow’s mother made a plea for witnesses to come forward as footage showed huge crowds where her son was fatally injured.

West Midlands Police said inquiries were ongoing after the attack, which took place outside Club M in Junction Street at about 05:20 BST.

Check out the new video by Buck-O-Nine!

Via: punknews.org

Buck-O-Nine have never wavered from their jumpy ska roots and their new video finds them picking it up in fine form. Yet, despite the sunny energy of the tune, it appears the band is contemplating heavy topics like modern existence itself. Speaking to Punknews about the track, vocalist Jon Pebsworth says, “Top of the World” is a reminder to take a step back from your reality and evaluate your current situation to make sure you’re running positive and sifting thru the chaos with a open mind.

Fundaymental is out April 19 via Cleopatra records. You can pre-order the new album right here and check out the video for “Top of the World” below, right now!

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Adoration Destroyed playing Darkside of the Con Festival/ on Tour!

Goth-industrial band ADORATION DESTROYED touring with special guests Lorelei Dreaming

March 28th Richmond, VA @ Fallout
March 29th Pittsburgh, PA @ Howler’s
March 30th Dark Side of The Con, NJ
*March 31st Allston, MA @ Wonderbar
April 3rd Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
*NOIR headlining

Get Adoration Destroyed music at the following platforms
Cleopatra Records: https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/adoration-destroyed-ritual-damage-cd/
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ritual-damage/1146652839
Bandcamp: https://adorationdestroyed.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-damage
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wrg7EBKjWn5lyE4ZVwWuo

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International Rock Collective Sontaag Release Hawkwind Cover “Silver Machine” feat. Nik Turner!

International Rock Collective Sontaag Release Hawkwind Cover “Silver Machine” feat. Nik Turner!

Featuring Killing Joke’s Youth, Dave Barbarossa of Adam And The Ants/Bow Wow Wow and ex-Hawkwind legend Nik Turner!

New York/London – International rock collective Sontaag, whose conceptually ambitious, eponymous debut album (a sonically cinematic, cross-generic space opera) arrived into the progressive firmament to critical acclaim in 2014, are finally set to re-establish contact with our much-troubled earthly realm.

On March 15th, 2019, Sontaag return with a fiercely contemporary interpretation of Hawkwind’s iconic 1972 hit, “Silver Machine.” The Sontaag crew on this particular mission finds core creatives Richard Sontaag (guitars, keyboards, producer) and Ian Fortnam (vocals and guitar) joined by Killing Joke’s Youth on bass, Dave Barbarossa (Adam And The Ants/Bow Wow Wow) on drums and ex-Hawkwind legend Nik Turner on sax.

“Silver Machine” is mixed by Youth.

Design and photo montage by Julie Cunnah
Thanks to Kevin Nixon.

“Silver Machine” is available through Cleopatra Records via all digital platforms and also comes in radically remixed form courtesy of Sontaag’s fellow travellers in outer and inner psychedelic space, The Orb.

Ian Fortnam: “Hawkwind were punk-proof. Even in ’77, Richard and I would jam on ‘Silver Machine.’ Hawkwind were the UK’s counter-cultural underground incarnate. I discovered them in that narrow space between Bolan and Bowie, simultaneous to Alice, in the summer of ’72. Astral explorers. Eyes aflame with psychedelic visions. The people your parents dreaded you becoming. The coolest band alive. ‘Silver Machine’ was Hawkwind’s magnum opus, a spiralling maelstrom of riff-driven brilliance. Who wouldn’t want to cover it? Four years ago I found myself spirited to Nik Turner’s place in Wales, where we spoke of the Great Pyramid, orgone accumulators, space rituals, hallucinogenics, sonic generators, woodwind and Hawkwind. Before we parted, I gave him a copy of the first Sontaag album and the seeds of the ‘Silver Machine’ project were sown. Obviously, the very best material deserves the very best band, so calls were made to maestro Youth and Dave Barbarossa (the dream rhythm section) and here we are. And what a rare privilege to work with The Orb whose ‘Imaginarium Translucent JellyFish Dub’ remix is a work of art in and of itself.”

Richard Sontaag: Ian’s been pestering me to do a Hawkwind cover since way back when — the coolest kid in our school, he was often seen walking around with the Doremi Faso Latido LP under his arm between classes. But our Silver Machine came about in an unexpected way. I was alone in the studio late one night, and noticed that the guys had strung up a microphone from the ceiling. I put all the amps in a circle around it — which is really bad technique – and went round each one, blasting out Silver Machine on different instruments. That was the most fun I have ever had in a studio — and some of it even made it on to the final track.

Here’s what the press have raved about Sontaag:

“Progressive restored to its original sense. By referencing the last five decades of music and film, Sontaag create a highly original sci-fi morality tale for the future, and one of the year’s most unusual listening experiences, itself crying out for movie status.” 8/10 – Classic Rock

“Progtastic!” 4/5 – Daily Mirror

“Just download it to your brain from the nearest orbiting space station.” – Huey Morgan, BBC Radio 2

“A schizophrenic head fuck of an album, switching between ambient electronica and crunchy hard rock.” – Detroit-Metro Times

“A spectacular collision of British eccentricity and dramatic storytelling.” – Line Of Best Fit

“Sontaag have created one of the year’s most unusual listening experiences with this 21st century take on a sci-fi morality tale.” – Shindig

To purchase:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/silver-machine-single/1454878221?ls=1&app=itunes
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/39eOqbnGw0A3Pd9npzHqKy