He Is We vocalist Rachel Taylor will no longer be able to tour due to medical conditions. She will remain a member of the band and the group will bring in a touring vocalist to be announced shortly.
This Providence and record label Fueled By Ramen have parted ways. You can read a statement from vocalist/guitarist Dan Young by clicking “Read More.”
Hot Water Music haven’t released a full length album since 2004, but that is about to change. On May 15th the band will deliver Exister onto the world through Rise Records.
Sherwood has decided to call it quits after ten years and some fantastic records. The band posted a farewellstatement on their Facebook page; you can read the entire statement by clicking “Read More.”
The Ghost Inside are heading out with Attack Attack! on the “This Means War” Tour later this week. I had the chance to talk about a few tracks from Fury And The Fallen Ones and Returners with Vocalist Johnathan Vigil before they headed into the studio to record their third album. TGI wrapped recording last week with Andrew Wade and Jeremy McKinnon at The Wade Studios in Ocala,FL. Expect it out this Summer on Epitaph Records.
Panic! At The Disco arrived at Gallivan Plaza in downtown Salt Lake to headline the X96 FM Big Ass Show without their lead vocalist, Brendon Urie. Luckily, Panic!’s bassist Dallon Weekes found in frontman Ransom Wydner the onstage persona he needed to fill in for Urie.
After three albums and countless tours, Valencia has decided to take a break.
There’s no doubt that Cash Money Records has solidified its status as one of hip-hop’s most successful labels. With such acts as the Hot Boys, Juvenile and Birdman laying the foundation, Cash Money has since powered up a franchise that includes hot upstarts Drake and Nicki Minaj through its Young Money imprint.
Mike Ness is the sole remaining original member of Social Distortion, the southern California rockabilly punk band that rose to prominence during the 1980s.
The group turned June Carter Cash’s “Ring of Fire” into a staple of rock radio, and Ness’ hardscrabble youth inspired such hits as “Story of My Life” and “Prison Bound.”
Social Distortion’s first album in more than six years, “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” recently debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart, the highest ranking in the band’s career. The road warriors will begin a U.S. tour in Albuquerque on Tuesday, and then hit Europe for the summer festivals.
Record-store owners owe Apple iTunes a tremendous debt of gratitude for being an uncaring, scatter-brained, inhuman little jukebox: It’s saving their skin right now.
The running narrative in the music world during the past decade is that the physical album is dead, and file-sharing, downloads and, most notably, Apple’s iTunes killed it. Yes and no.
