Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wanna be on a new singing competition with only REAL talent? Now's your chance on NBC's The Voice!

NBC and Executive Producers John de Mol & Mark Burnett are searching for the best Voice in America!

Based on the hit show "The Voice of Holland" - It's all about the Voice and only the best need apply!

This is a show about real talent, the best voice, right attitude, unique sound and performance that makes a lasting impression. Get All The Details

ABYSMAL DAWN: ‘Leveling The Plane of Existence’ Streaming Online

ABYSMAL DAWN are currently streaming their forthcoming album Leveling The Plane of Existence in its entirety online now at MetalSucks.net Leveling The Plane of Existence saw its North American release  Tuesday, February 1st, and is available now. A deluxe digital version of the album, which includes four bonus tracks and digital booklet, is also available at iTunes.

Additionally, the Decibel Magazine blog has posted an exclusive look at the making of Leveling The Plane of Existence’s artwork. The blog features sketches and commentary from artist Par Olofsson (EXODUS, IMMOLATION, IMMORTAL, THE FACELESS) and can be accessed here.

ABYSMAL DAWN will embark on the first North American tour

Ticket Brokers Say Enough Is Enough Join FlipATicket And Help Take Back Our Industry



FlipATicket.com today announced that it is leading the charge of brokers who have united and said, “Enough is enough!”.  Over the course of the last several years, brokers have witnessed drastic changes the ticket industry has undergone; so drastic, in fact, that it is difficult to fully grasp.


If you were told five years ago that EI would be purchased by Ticketmaster, or that StubHub would be purchased by eBay, or that TN would morph into a gargantuan network of thousands of brokers, or that Ticket Technology would be bought by StubHub/eBay, or that LiveNation would buy every venue under the sun and ditch Ticketmaster for their own ticketing service, only to merge with Ticketmaster a few months later, would you have believed any of it?  Who could have imagined that all of those things would take place in five short years?

Perhaps a better question would be: How have these changes helped your business?  Let’s see...
  •  Fewer places to list your tickets.
  •  Little to no access to other brokers to work trades.
  • Fee after fee after fee after fee piled up on top of you.
  • Policy changes, sometimes daily.
And what is the result of these changes that we have all witnessed? You, the broker, are left holding the short end of the stick, working harder to earn less.  Your choice of places to buy, sell, and trade tickets has been boiled down to making a decision between the lesser of all that is evil.  That’s how you grow a business, right?  No, we didn’t think so either.

A number of months back, the folks behind BlueBucs.com sat down and started working on ideas of how to counteract the absurdity that has transpired in our industry, and to help brokers regain control over their business and costs.  They poured over so many ideas and options that it is impossible to enumerate, but their brainstorming team always came back to two primary “must do” points:
  •  Control costs for brokers and consumers.
  •  Keep it simple and effective, a la Google. 
    Read More

Kaki King sets out for a solo acoustic tour

Kaki King sets out for a solo acoustic tour

King earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score for her work on the "Into the Wild" soundtrack. She also contributed to "August Rush" soundtrack the same year.

February 2011
23 - New York, NY - Museum of Modern Art
26 - Mexico City, Mexico - Jose Cuervo Salon
28 - La Jolla, CA - The Loft

March 2011
2 - Los Angeles, CA - Largo
3 - Visalia, CA - College of the Sequoias
5 - Berkeley, CA - Ashkenaz
6 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's Night Club
8 - Arcata, CA - Jambalaya
9 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
10 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
11 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
12 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret
24 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
25 - Evanston, IL - SPACE
26 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
28 - Newport, KY - The Historic Southgate House
29 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
30 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live

April 2011
1 - Natick, MA - Center for Arts
2 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
3 - Norfolk, CT - Infinity Hall
7, 8 - New York, NY - City Winery
9 - Binghamton, NY - Binghamton University

Concert Tickets

Dinosaur Bones will release their long awaited debut LP titled My Divider on March 8, 2011.

DINOSAUR BONES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
Moody and persuasive with hooks to spare, Dinosaur Bones are nothing but forward-thinking, both with their musical ambition and continual growth as a band. Nowhere is this more evident than in the eleven tracks that make up My Divider. (MORE INFO)

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GREY KINGDOM ALBUM AND TOUR

Grey Kingdom will be joining Dave Hause (The Loved Ones) on tour this March following the release of his new album "Eulogy Of Her And Her And Her" which is due out on March 1st, 2011. You can see him perform at these shows:
March 8 - St. Catharines, ON @ Mansion House
March 9 - Ottawa, ON @ Raw Sugar
March 10 - Montreal, QC @ Chez Baptiste
March 11 - Toronto, ON @ CMW
March 12 - London, ON @ Nite Owl
March 13 - Lansing, MI @ Macs Bar
March 14 - St. Louis @ The Sci-Fi Lounge

Concert Tickets

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

FlipATicket Is Now Sold Out of Super Bowl XLV Tickets

FlipATicket.com is now officially sold out of Super Bowl Tickets. Forbes recently reported, resale prices for prime tickets to this year’s game in Cowboy Stadium, Arlington, Texas, are up 40% over last year when the Super Bowl was played in Florida.

The NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament, Final Four will be heating up soon.

Get your tickets now before the prices start to soar!

Chris Robinson Brotherhood with special guests Tour Dates

Mon-Mar-28 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Tue-Mar-29 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho
Wed-Mar-30 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
Thu-Mar-31 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sun-Apr-03 Sausalito, CA @ Cavallo
Mon-Apr-04 San Francisco, CA @ Caf� Du Nord
Tue-Apr-05 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
Sun-Apr-10 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriets Palace
Mon-Apr-11 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Tue-Apr-12 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho
Thu-Apr-14 ; San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Mon-Apr-18 San Francisco, CA @ Caf� Du Nord
Tue-Apr-19 Felton, CA @ Brookdale Lodge
Wed-Apr-20 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Martini Ranch
Mon-Apr-25 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Tue-Apr-26 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho
Wed-Apr-27 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
Thu-Apr-28 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sun-May-01 Sausalito, CA @ Cavallo
Mon-May-02 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
Tue-May-03 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
Sun-May-08 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriets Palace
Mon-May-09 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Tue-May-10 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho
Thu-May-12 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sun-May-15 Grass Valley, CA @ Center for the Arts
Mon-May-16 San Francisco, CA @ Independent
Tue-May-17 San Luis Obispo, CA @ Martini Ranch
Mon-May-23 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Tue-May-24 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho
Wed-May-25 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
Thu-May-26 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sun-May-29 Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Library

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW - EARLY IN THE MORNING AVAILABLE NOW: CD | DIGITAL

“When I first heard James Vincent McMorrow's voice it made me wonder why I even bother to use mine” - Dallas Green of City and Colour

The debut album Early In The Morning was released in Ireland in March 2010 and was incredibly well received. Hailed as a 'striking and alluring affair… one we'll be reckoning with for the best of 2010,' by the Irish Times, the album landed the #1 spot on iTunes in Ireland and enabled James to embark on his first proper Irish tour which eventually lead to James sharing stages with the likes of Al Green, Tracy Chapman, Bon Iver, Mark Ronson and Iron and Wine. Early In The Morning is now available in Canada. You can download a free track from the album by clicking here: If I Had a Boat

James Vincent McMorrow on tour:
Mar 11 - Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall w/ J Mascis and Kurt Vile (CMW)
Mar 22 – Ames, IA @ The Maintenance Shop at ISU
Mar 23 – Milwaukee, WI @ Mad Planet
Mar 24 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
Mar 25 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Mar 26 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

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Kings of Leon announced that they'll be adding three dates in America leading into their headline slot of this year's Coachella Festival.

Three Dates Confirmed Leading Up To Coachella

4/8 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
4/9 Memphis, TN FED Ex Forum
4/12 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center

All dates will go on-sale Saturday, February 12th at 10am, local time.

Hangout 2011 Lineup one-of-a-kind music festival takes place May 20th – 22nd on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama

Paul Simon
Foo Fighters
Widespread Panic
The Black Keys
My Morning Jacket
Flaming Lips
Cee Lo Green
Primus
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Pretty Lights
Bassnectar
Girl Talk
Ween
Matisyahu
Warren Haynes Band
Umphrey’s McGee
Slightly Stoopid
Drive-By Truckers
Amos Lee
G. Love & Special Sauce
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Keller Williams
Galactic
Xavier Rudd
Minus The Bear
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Portugal. the Man

Beats Antique · Dead Confederate · Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights · Easy Star All-Stars

Mariachi El Bronx · Truth & Salvage Co · Kristy Lee · Civil Twilight · Rich Aucoin

A Thousand Horses · Jon Black · Cass Haley · Roman Street

Our one-of-a-kind music festival takes place May 20th – 22nd on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama – just minutes from the Florida border. Tickets go on-sale tomorrow Wednesday February 2nd at 9 am CST. More bands, amenities and activities will be announced in the coming weeks.

A limited quantity of festival tickets will be available for $159 and will go on-sale Wednesday, February 2nd at 9 am CST at www.hangoutmusicfest.com through Front Gate Tickets and at The Hangout Restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL. Once tickets at the $159 price level are sold-out, tickets will then go on-sale for $174. VIP ticket packages and travel packages start at $525

Nominations were announced for the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

Nominations were announced for the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded event produced for television by dick clark productions broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Following is the list of final nominees. Winners in each of the following categories, except where noted, will be presented with an ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD during the live television broadcast:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

* Jason Aldean

* Toby Keith

* Miranda Lambert

* Brad Paisley

* Taylor Swift

* Keith Urban

TOP MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

* Jason Aldean

* Brad Paisley

* Blake Shelton

* George Strait

* Keith Urban

TOP FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

* Miranda Lambert

* Reba McEntire

* Taylor Swift

* Carrie Underwood

* Lee Ann Womack

TOP VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

* the JaneDear girls

* Joey + Rory

* Montgomery Gentry

* Steel Magnolia

* Sugarland

TOP VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

* Lady Antebellum

* Little Big Town

* Randy Rogers Band

* The Band Perry

* Zac Brown Band

Mayhem fest Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, In Flames, Machine Head and Trivium

This summer's mainstage artists, Disturbed, Godsmack, and Megadeth, will be joined by a ferocious mix of the best hard rock and metal artists of today. For the first time in festival history, through their success, In Flames, Machine Head and Trivium have grown through the ranks to now perform on the main stage in rotating slots throughout the tour.


Mayhem Tickets and Tour Dates

July 2011
9 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheater
10 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
12 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
13 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheater
15 - Phoenix, AZ - Desert Sky Pavilion
16 - Albuquerque, NM - Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion
17 - Englewood, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheater
19 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
20 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
22 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
23 - Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean-Drapeau (Heavy MTL)
24 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theater
27 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
29 - Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
30 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
31 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank

August 2011
2 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheater
3 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
5 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
6 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
7 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
9 - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre
10 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
12 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
13 - Tampa, FL - 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
14 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre

Escape Velocity sees ZOMBI return to their roots, using synth and drums to create stirring melodies and moving cadences

Zombi / Escape Velocity / CD $12.00
Escape Velocity sees ZOMBI return to their roots, using synth and drums to create stirring melodies and moving cadences. Whereas earlier efforts found the band entrenched in Italian horror scores, Escape Velocity finds Zombi continuing their exploration of famed Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder and legendary Kraut Rock icons Neu and Harmonia. The sweeping synth sequences and pulsing rhythms are sometimes dancey, sometimes reflective, but always hypnotic under the watchful eye of this distinguished duo. Escape Velocity’s five ethereal tracks are simply put, celestial music for other worlds.

New Arrivals!!

Antiseen - Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match Vinyl 7" $8.00
Crass - Feeding of the Five Thousand (Reissue - Digi) CD $17.00
Crass - Stations of Crass (Reissue - Digi) CD $17.00
Defiled - In Crisis (Digi) CD $12.00
Faun Fables - Light of a Vaster Dark (Digi) CD $13.00
Get Up Kids, The - There Are Rules (Digi) CD $12.00
Get Up Kids, The - There Are Rules (Gatefold) Vinyl 12" $15.00
Harvey Milk - Small Turn Of Human Kindness, A Vinyl 12" $21.00
Isis - Oceanic (Gatefold - 2LP) Vinyl 12" $19.00
Just Urbain - Burning Vinyl 7" $8.00
Mother of Mercy - IV: Symptoms of Existence CD $12.00
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - Navaz (Digi) CD $12.00
Vex Ruffin & the Lo-fi Jerkheads - 2nd EP Vinyl 7" $7.00
Witches, The - Haunted Person's Guide to the Witches, A CD $15.00
Witches, The - Haunted Person's Guide to the Witches, A Vinyl 12" $16.00
Xbrainiax - Deprogrammed (Digi) CD $10.00

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Flaming Lips The "Show Yer Love" Contest

Starting February 1st, they will be celebrating the month of Love with the "Show Yer Love" Contest. Show them your creative original works inspired by Love by posting your original Love themed artwork, photos, videos or stories to their Facebook Fan Page with the title "Show Yer Love." Each week during the month of February, they will pick one person to receive an "All We Have Is Now" Book signed by Wayne & Michelle.

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Miranda Lambert Continues To Add Dates

Miranda Lambert adds several new dates including Australia.

She will also play the, Academy of Country Music sponsored, Las Vegas tribute concert,  "Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country.". Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood will join in on the April event.

Miranda Lambert Tickets and Tour Dates

February 2011
16 - San Antonio, TX - San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo
18, 19 - Fort Worth, TX - Billy Bob's Texas
24 - St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena
25 - Evansville, IN - Roberts Stadium
26 - Cedar Falls, IA - McLeod Center

March 2011
4 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena
6 - Pokolbin, Australia - Hope Estate
7 - Sydney, Australia - Acer Arena
9-11 - Brisbane, Australia - Entertainment Centre
16 - Houston, TX - Reliant Stadium
24 - Fort Wayne, IN - Allen County War Memorial
25 - Pikeville, KY - Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
26 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum

April 2011
16 - Melbourne, FL - Wickham Park Pavilion
30 - Tyler, TX - 4th Annual Cause for the Paws

June 2011
17 - Lawrence, OH - Clay's Park Amphitheater
21 - Oshkosh, WI - Country USA
24 - Cadott, WI - Chippewa Valley County Festival
25 - Richland Center, WI - Krouskop Park

July 2011
30 - Fairlea, WV - The Greenbier Classic

August 2011
6 - Detroit Lakes, MN - WE Fest
7 - Davenport, IA - Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds

Crawdaddy! Interviews Guitar Great Joe Satriani

Twenty years ago, you couldn't swing a dead cat without knocking down a dozen guitarists high on flash and long on speed. Sailing smoothly above the fray as he did even back then, it's no surprise to find Joe Satriani still going strong and making some of the most adventurous music of his career. Crawdaddy! catches up with Satch after the release of his latest album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, to talk about his multi-decade career, his many influences, and what's in store for 2011.

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Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore vintage videos: the storied performance

In honor of Gregg Allman's newly released record Low Country Blues, Wolfgang's Vault.brings you one of the most popular vintage videos: the storied performance of the Allman Brothers Band doing "Whipping Post" at the Fillmore East back in 1970.

Allman Brothers Band Tickets and Tour Dates

New Releases of Newport Jazz Newport Jazz 1968 included the giants of jazz like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Newport Jazz 1968 included the giants of jazz like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie. Now available for streaming and download are two new sets of hard bop recorded at the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival. A Tal Farlow Quartet performance features some amazing guitar work from their leader, who had an aggressive style and unique technical abilities (thanks, in part, to huge hands); and a short set from the Sonny Criss Quartet features the Charlie Parker disciple in full flight laying down some incendiary work on the alto saxophone.
Check out the most recently added live concert recordings at Wolfgang's Vault.

Ticket Brokers World Wide Are Welcome To Join FlipATicket The Ticket Revolution Has Begun



FlipATicket.com today announced that it is leading the charge of brokers who have united and said, “Enough is enough!”.  Over the course of the last several years, brokers have witnessed drastic changes the ticket industry has undergone; so drastic, in fact, that it is difficult to fully grasp.


If you were told five years ago that EI would be purchased by Ticketmaster, or that StubHub would be purchased by eBay, or that TN would morph into a gargantuan network of thousands of brokers, or that Ticket Technology would be bought by StubHub/eBay, or that LiveNation would buy every venue under the sun and ditch Ticketmaster for their own ticketing service, only to merge with Ticketmaster a few months later, would you have believed any of it?  Who could have imagined that all of those things would take place in five short years?

Perhaps a better question would be: How have these changes helped your business?  Let’s see...
  •  Fewer places to list your tickets.
  •  Little to no access to other brokers to work trades.
  • Fee after fee after fee after fee piled up on top of you.
  • Policy changes, sometimes daily.
And what is the result of these changes that we have all witnessed? You, the broker, are left holding the short end of the stick, working harder to earn less.  Your choice of places to buy, sell, and trade tickets has been boiled down to making a decision between the lesser of all that is evil.  That’s how you grow a business, right?  No, we didn’t think so either.

A number of months back, the folks behind BlueBucs.com sat down and started working on ideas of how to counteract the absurdity that has transpired in our industry, and to help brokers regain control over their business and costs.  They poured over so many ideas and options that it is impossible to enumerate, but their brainstorming team always came back to two primary “must do” points:
  •  Control costs for brokers and consumers.
  •  Keep it simple and effective, a la Google. 
    Read More