311 UNIVERSAL PULSE OUT TODAY!

Omaha [via California] rockers 311 release their twelfth full length album UNIVERSAL PULSE today via 311 / ATO Records. Rejoice excitable ones! The perfect good-time-summer-party-jams are here! Run out to your local independent record store and pick up your copy today. Or download it from itunes ect... Just don't bootleg it yo!

Check out 'Wild Nights"

NEW MASTODON ALBUM NEWS!

coming sometime in 2011! the latest offering from the mighty mastodon!

title: 'the hunter'

songs: 'blasteroids', 'the octopus has no friends', 'stargasm', 'curl of the burl'

check out the behind the scenes in-studio photos on the band's facebook.

FOUR FREAKING MONTHS?!

my blog = sucks.

content diversity coming soon.

"promise"

tired of my lies?

killing with kindness.

TWO AMAZING VIDEOS!!

so i was fully amazed with this super hollywood video for the black keys...




but then i saw this video and i forgot about the first one.

30 SECONDS TO MARS RETURN TO DETROIT

after almost an entire year hiatus 30 SECONDS TO MARS is returning to detroit to play the fillmore once again. april 16th is the date and tickets go on sale here to the public starting at 10am this friday.
or you can save some scratch and hit up UHF in royal oak for some
service fee free tickets! [remember kids it's cash only for tickets at UHF]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 2011 TOUR DATES

hitting the road in celebration of the re-issue of their self titled debut record. [rumor has it they will be playing the album in it's entirety at these shows] Josh Homme and co. will be hitting these cites listed below. tickets will be available this week. don't sleep kiddies!!

03/18 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jack’s
03/19 – Birminham, AL @ Workplay Soundstage
03/20 – Nashville TN @ Ryman Auditorium
03/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
03/23 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
03/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
03/25 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
03/26 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
03/27 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
03/29 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
03/30 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
03/31 – Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue Nightclub
04/01 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
04/02 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
04/04 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
04/05 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
04/06 – Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
04/08 – Denver, CO @ Ogden
04/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
04/12 – Los Angees, CA @ The Wiltern



and by the way you can pre-order the re-release at domino right now!! so do it!!

THE KING OF LIMBS

RADIOHEAD will release their eighth album titled THE KING OF LIMBS this saturday feburary 19th at thekingoflimbs.com. hit that link and grease up your credit cards there is limited edition vinyl to be had!

GRAMMY WRAP-UP.

i was drinking a lot yesterday at joe louis arena and passed out for most of the awards. here are some highlights that matter to me. [and you too hopefully]

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE:

THE BLACK KEYS - BROTHERS



grammy #1 self describing, simple but very clever concept. for those of you that downloaded the album from the interwebs. you are robbing yourself of phrases like: 'this is an album by the black keys', 'the name of the album is brothers', 'these are the names of the songs on this album' and 'these are the guys in the band'. if you have the vinyl version i hope you put some thumbtacks through 'this is a black keys poster'!


BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE:

THE WHITE STRIPES - UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS [BOX SET]



designed by long time white stripes collaborator, gig poster genius and fashion virtuoso Rob Jones.

[he also takes my pick for best dressed]


PRODUCER OF THE YEAR [NON CLASSICAL]:

DANGER MOUSE

credited with the likes of:
BROKEN BELLS - BROKEN BELLS
THE BLACK KEYS - TIGHTEN UP
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL - DANGER MOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE


BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM:

THE BLACK KEYS - BROTHERS

grammy #2



BEST ROCK ALBUM:

MUSE - THE RESISTANCE

they will be victorious!



BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE:

THEM CROOKED VULTURES - NEW FANG

listen here!! rock out!!



BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS:

THE BLACK KEYS - TIGHTEN UP

grammy #3. enjoy the video. smell the ranch dressing.



BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM:

LA ROUX - LA ROUX

nice work ms. jackson!



ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

ARCADE FIRE - THE SUBURBS

well deserved. hands down.

SET YOUR DVRS

Sonic Youth and The Black Keys will be featured on Austin City Limits.

Airdate 01/22/11

Check your local PBS listings.

Watch the full episode. See more Austin City Limits.

DIAMOND EYES 2011 TOUR

GUNS! RAZORS! KNIVES!



the first set of tour dates for deftones in 2011.

with openers the dillinger escape plan.

both releases from these bands made my top ten list for 2010!

these shows will melt faces.

presale packages on sale now.

regular ticket sales for some dates commence this saturday @ 10am

keep a diamond eye on:

deftonestix.com

ticketmaster.com

livenation.com

don't sleep on this one!

04/14 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
04/16 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/22 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
04/25 – Kansas City, MO @ Harrah’s
04/26 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
04/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/29 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
04/30 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
05/01 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
05/04 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
05/05 – Hampton, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino
05/06 – Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
05/07 – Hansford, CT @ Webster Theatre
05/09 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
05/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
05/11 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
05/13 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
05/14 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater

TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2010

so the new years resolution is to manage this blog in a much more intensive manner.

but this year wouldn't be complete without a obligatory top ten albums list.

so without further ado...

#10.

dillinger escape plan // option paralysis



key track : widower




#09.

kvelertak // kvelertak



key track : offernatt




#08.

the sword // warp riders



key track : night city




#07.

the black keys //brothers



key track : sinister kid




#06.

foals // total life forever



key track : after glow



#05.

gorillaz // plastic beach



key track : on melancholy hill




#04.

grinderman // grinderman 2



key track : mickey mouse and the goodbye man




#03.

the dead weather // sea of cowards



key track : blue blood blues




#02.

deftones // diamond eyes



key track : you've seen the butcher




#01.

arcade fire // suburbs



key track : we used to wait

APOLOGIES.

sorry for the lack of updates/content in the past few months.

i'm a new doggy-daddy and she is taking up most of my time.



i now have a backlog of concert related stuff to post.

hopefully you have been keeping up with my youtube channel.

things will get back on track VERY soon.

HAPPENING NOW IN GERMANY!!

my boy tomo rocking out @ rock-am-ring.



about 100,000 people:



thanks to vicki for the snaps!!!

FEEDBACK : MEMBERS OF MORPHINE 05.28.10

MEMBERS OF MORPHINE

aka

THE [ever expanding] ELASTIC WASTE BAND

@ THE MAGIC BAG

May 28, 2010

pretty skeptical going into this show. wondering how this would be without the late great Mark Sandman... and it was quite enjoyable. it took the crowd a few songs to really start feeling the vibe. 2/3 of their set were morphine jams and the other third was new originals [and perhaps a cover?]. Dana Colley and Jerome Dupree were quite comfortable jamming the old tunes with Jeremy Lyons. Dana made sure to give Mark his due credit after every morphine tune they played. the EWB material was good and it fit inside the morphine set. i would recommend any fan of morphine to check out this lineup. i will tell you one thing though. the magic bag SUCKS. i have been to about 500 shows spanning over a decade and a half, and i rate this venue with the bottom-of-the-barrel. notoriously bad sound. [luckily the band brought their own engineer on tour] totally over-staffed. and it seemed like everyone who works there had an ice pick shoved in their rectum.

setlist:

[i'm not sure of the names of the EWB tunes so i'm just going to put 'EWB song' instead of the title. if anyone has the info please contact me and i will update the setlist]

have a lucky day
the other side
claire
scratch
pulled over the car
head with wings
let's take a trip together
EWB song
EWB song
EWB song
EWB song
EWB song
honey white
shelia
thursday
all wrong
yes
wishing well
radar
buena

NOTABLE RELEASES:

before i post a few more updates... just thought i would remind ya'll that the latest epic masterpiece from the melvins is out today on ipecac records.
THE BRIDE SCREAMED MURDER is their 19th-ish-or-so album. and the third with the current melvins / big business lineup. their US tour also kicks off tonight in san diego. you can catch them when they roll though hamtramck later this month at smalls. this show WILL sell out.



also i found out that one of my favorite albums of all time is getting a nice treatment from the vinyl gods over at warner bros records.

FAILURE - FANTASTIC PLANET

i don't have much info on the release but it will be a 2 x LP [hopefully 180 gram] and will be released on june 8th. that's next tuesday slick!

FEEDBACK : DEFTONES 05.21.10

DEFTONES

@ The Orbit Room

May 21, 2010

SOLD OUT.

ok. here it goes... my 23rd deftones show is in the bag. [my third time seeing them @ the orbit room] and it is definitely in the top 10! around midnight the night before the show the official deftones twitter posted that they needed a local opener for the show. i immediately sent an email to my friends in bahamut letting them know about the chance... low and behold... less than 12 hours later they were confirmed as the opening act! hand picked from all the submissions by chino himself! it was surreal. they warmed up the crowd to a mixed reaction. there were a few haters [to the cunt with the finger problem... i'm sorry to hear about your syphilis.] but they opened up a few mosh-pits [which helped me get right up to the barrier in front of sergio] and some people were digging them for sure. all these people really wanted was deftones to melt their faces off.
and at about 9:05 they did just that. coming out fully on their a-game they tore into 'rocket skates' to set it off, and set it off they did! living up to their namesake that shit was LOUD and they had super high energy up there. the song selection was suburb. sergio is a perfect fit. abe was sick tight on the kit. chino was running around like it was 1998! the new material sounded fantastic. [could have something to do with their writing process for diamond eyes... hmm.] a full 2 hour set with some great rarities. [can't tell you the last time i heard 'when girls telephone boys' and 'birthmark'!] would have liked to have something different besides 'back to school' maybe 'teething' or 'can't even breathe'?? and 'headup' would have been an excellent choice instead of '7 words' as the closer. [seeing as chino is tired of playing that song] but don't get me wrong, they still crushed it.
luckily i was surrounded by some true fans on the barrier. [brad marshall get at me dude!!] behind me, the crowd i'm sure was hella into it. there was a pretty steady flow of crowd surfers going over our heads [when will venues stop allowing that shit??] but the security did a great job keeping them off of our heads [for the most part] and keeping us hydrated. kudos to those guys. the crowd was constantly throwing things towards the stage and/or into the crowd. i saw: multiple hats, shirts, a yellow raincoat, a full purse, cell phones, and FULL beers. i personally want to find who was throwing those full beers and castrate that douchebag. especially when one landed on my head and SOAKED my camera right as birthmark was starting. i hadn't had a good barrier ride like that in a long time and it felt great. [didn't feel so good the next day and in fact i still have bruises] all for the love of the 'tones. getting back so late cost me waking up to buy tickets to deftones show #24 right when the switch was flipped. but you know i will be there regardless! one love for chi.

setlist:

rocket skates
diamond eyes
feiticeira
elite
knife prty
passenger
you've seen the butcher
CMND/CTRL
sextape
when girls telephone boys
minerva
birthmark
prince
beauty school
be quiet and drive
around the fur
lotion
my own summer
back to school
change

root
7 words









KNIFE PRTY




SEXTAPE

RIP - RONNIE JAMES DIO 1942-2010

metal legend Ronnie James Dio has passed away this morning due to his six month long battle with stomach cancer. he was 67. RIP Ronnie. you were a true King Of Rock N Roll.

DOMMIN LIVE @ THE MAJESTIC CAFE

Dommin - Dark Holiday




Dommin - Closure

DEFTONES 'DIAMOND EYES' OUT TODAY!

unless you have been living under a rock [or not reading NB]...

DEFTONES have released their sixth studio album today!

you can pick up the CD at any major retailer [but support independent retailers folks!!], download the deluxe edition from itunes [with three bonus tracks!] or [for all you audiophiles like me] the vinyl LP [on WHITE vinyl!] gets released on the 25th of May.

tune in tonight @ 8pm EST for the DEFTONES global chat. click on over to the deftones ustream. [if the NHL officiating gets too rough that is...]

GUNS! RAZORS! KNIVES!

BLACKDIAMONDSKYE TOUR ANNOUNCED!

wow. this is going to be one EPIC show. kudos to whomever put this together.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

september 17, 2010 @ dte

ONSALE 05.22.10 @ 10am

BLACKDIAMONDSKYE TOUR

featuring:

ALICE IN CHAINS

DEFTONES

MASTODON

keep up with all the info @ blackdiamondskye.com.