Tagged: northamerica

Still sweating from their first headlining gig at Espace B yesterday evening, I bring you today the total awesomeness that is Blue Hawaii live. Do not be fooled by the relative calm aura to the tracks they've posted here and there on the interwebs. This duo from Montreal, signed to the same record gang Arbutus, also home to Grimes, Majical Cloudz and many others from 'that' very talented and forthcoming Canadian scene. A live performance by Blue Hawaii is what you need to witness first and foremost. While their material sounds gentle and soothing on your home-stereo, the [...]

• bluehawaii - In Two II
• bluehawaii - Try to Be

After the monumental ASOT600 tour, Armin van Buuren had trance fans begging for more. This time, the trance icon is bringing us all together for the debut tour of his FIFTH full-length album. Having been working on this for the past three years, this album is sure to take us on the same musical journey that Armin has been riding for quite some time now. "Intense" is to be released the day before the madness of this tour begins, May 3rd. Having taken three years to complete, Armin van Buuren’s INTENSE album feels like a victory lap [...]

Tomorrowland has been rumored to be coming to North America for sometime now but the location was not yet disclosed. That changed as Chattahoochee Hills in Fairburn Georgia was announced. The attendees can expect an 8,000-acre paradise filled "with well-established rolling pastures, lakes, and woodlands that run 12 miles along the Chattahoochee River". Tickets start at $347 for the weekend or $127 for the day. Full weekend camping experiences are available starting at only $397 so that looks like the best bet to me. Definitely hoping to go to this, pre registration happens here ... don't miss out. Check [...]

by Bill Pearis Hailing from Malmo, Sweden, This is Head make expansive, widescreen pop that doesn't rely on "whoah-ohs" to convey emotion. There's an expressive use of dynamics on the band's new longplayer, The Album ID . You can stream a few tracks from it below. This is Head are on their way to North America this weekend and will be in NYC next week for three shows: Glasslands on Monday (3/25) opening for [...]

• This Is Head - The Album ID (pre-release of the pre-release)

There was a grim irony to the demise of The Stool Pigeon earlier on in the year, such was the hyperbolic doom mongering assumed to speak of the then lingering uncertainties over the future of  All Tomorrow's Parties  – a once in a lifetime kinda festival held in dilapidated holiday camps across Southern England, if you've not yet been. That is to say that mercifully, though the 'Pigeon may have croaked it, organisers Barry Hogan and Deborah Kee Higgins live on to call upon variegated curators once more, thus making ATP so much more than an in every respect one-time [...]

Fresh out of 2012, releasing  Daughter of Cloud  and  Paralytic Stalks, the psychedelic pop outfit, of Montreal will be heading out on the road once again. They throw some pretty zany shows as they dress up in an eccentric garb of neon clad jeans and ruffled shirts. Think of it as a hybrid between the disco show Soul Train and  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  The band will be galavanting across the states throughout May before heading towards Japan. In other of Montreal news, the band has been finishing up [...]

Do you know any of those jerks who are about to jet over to the U S OF A for another year of wondrous fun of SXSW ? (that's South By Southwes t for those of you playing at home). Well I do, and I'm jealous as hell because yet again, I, a humble Purple Sneakers Sub-Editor am too poor to attend. All I can do is just close my eyes and hope that they'll at least be heading to the always awesome now-annual Laneway SXSW Party . Not [...]

New Found Glory have announced a 2nd batch of tour dates for their Sticks and Stones 10th anniversary tour. Joining them on the second half of the Sticks and Stones 10th anniversary tour is Cartel and Living with Lions .

by Bill Pearis If you miss those mid-'00s days when everyone had a music blog that they worked on during frequent downtime at their office job (was it just me who did that?) -- and the music people blogged about then -- you might want to check out UK band Citizens! , whose fizzy, danceable synthrock recalls the heyday of Franz Ferdinand and, um, Moving Units. In fact FF's Alex Kapranos produced Citizens!'s debut album, Here We Are , which [...]

The National have announced summer tour dates for this year. The band also states they will have a new album in the late spring, but have yet to unveil details about the record. They released High Violet in 2010.

by Bill Pearis Icelandic artist Sóley , who was last through town while on tour with Of Monsters and Men , is back visiting North America and will be playing shows on her way down to Austin for SXSW. The dates include two in NYC: tonight (2/26) at Union Hall with Prairie Empire ( tickets ) and Friday (3/1) at Rockwood Music Hall ( tickets ). All tour dates are listed below. [...]

Finnish grinders Rotten Sound absolutely crush live, and are a sight to see.  You can see them this summer as they tour the US, playing some festivals along the way, including Maryland Deathfest and Chaos in Tejas. The band will be playing with Black Breath, Early Graves and Abigail on select dates. Here is the full ... The post ROTTEN SOUND Will Be Touring North America, You Might Want To See Them! appeared first on Metal Injection .

Finnish grind gods announce North American headlining tour.

"Black House" leads off Brooklyn band Eraas ' self-titled album with an under two-minute instrumental of sustained textures. The track starts out mysteriously pensive, but ultimately transforms to a more dark and foreboding mood. This unsettling feeling is a theme that runs throughout Eraas' entire repertoire. Vocals are delivered in hushed cadences. The rise and ebb of percussive pulses and sustained sound washes create tension and anticipation. The band just left Brooklyn for an extensive North American tour with French like-minded electro-goth veterans Trust. Dave Cromwell asked them a few questions before their departure here [...]

• ERAAS - At Heart

Belle and Sebastian will return to North America this summer, where they'll play a series of festivals and select shows along the East Coast with Yo La Tengo . Check out the full docket below. Among the festivals on the docket: Pitchfork , Bunbury , Ottawa Bluesfest , and Quebec City Summer Fest . Belle and Sebastian 2013 Tour Dates: 06/21 - Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival 06/22 - Scheeßel, DE @ Hurricane Festival 06/23 [...]

Go ahead and add Sydney, Australia's Flume to the list of deadly things from down under. Music Player: FLUME // ALBUM TEASER [...]

After several years of waiting, Pain of Salvation is finally returning to North America. Check the dates below to see when the band will be coming to a city near you: w/ Kingcrow, Imminent Sonic Destruction May 1st--West Springfield, VA @ Empire May 2nd--White Marsh, MD @ House of Rock May 4th--Gettysburg, PA @ Rosfest **PAIN OF SALVATION onl... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

The xx and Grizzly Bear are hitting the road for a North American tour this summer and will be making a stop at the Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 16th. We've got a pair of tickets for you to see this incredible transatlantic bill before they go on sale. What do you have to do to win? In the spirit of the xx's latest album, Coexist , we want to know what that one thing you can't live without is. One rule though: no music, food or people. Hope that [...]

• philiparodriquez-1 - Grizzly Bear: gun-shy
• The XX - Angels

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has announced a headlining tour in support of his solo debut, the Messenger . The record is due out February 25, 2013 in the UK, and the following day in the US . The release is due out via Sire .

by Bill Pearis Paris resident Thibaut Berland has been making music as Breakbot for about six years, releasing a string of singles on French labels Ed Banger and Because Music, with a sound honed in on that short late '70s period where soft rock and disco met. He came to global attention with his fantastic 2010 single "Baby I'm Yours" featuring the honeyed vocals of frequent collaborator Irfane, as well as a striking watercolor-rotoscoped video. Breakbot released his [...]