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Wizards of Time 's dizzying, essential opus Will The Soft Curse Plague On? was recently launched in the band's hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, in a massive show with Wooden Indian. You can read all about the launch party on the fantastic Will The Fire site. The album's been reviewed at Absolute Punk , too. Will The Soft Plague On? is now available in digital format, with CD pre-orders due to ship on 26 July. Head to the Hidden Shoal Store to snap [...]

Es hora de tomarnos el mayor descanso del año, es tiempo de imaginar y soñar lo imposible, de hacer todo lo que nunca hemos podido y conocernos más a fondo. No hay nada como las vacaciones de verano, una época como ninguna otra, donde vivimos cada segundo como si fuera el último. So Many Wizards es un cuarteto californiano que viene haciendo un pop de cuarto delicado e intimista desde hace ya 3 años. Permaneciendo casi toda su carrera en el anonimato, estos muchachos buscan darse a conocer con su más [...]

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Following on from the brilliant local release show in Phoenix, Hidden Shoal is excited to announce CD pre-orders and digital downloads  are now available for Will The Soft Curse Plague On? , the Scott Solter produced debut album by Arizona's sonic adventurers Wizards Of Time . Wizards Of Time deftly unleash technicolour art-rock like lightning bolts from their nimble fingers. Progressive without being prog and pop without being pap, the Wizards’ debut release Will The Soft Curse Plague On? is a staggering and unique concept album that weaves a universe-enveloping [...]

Be tickled and teased by the sublime wonder that is the debut Wizards of Time full length, Will The Soft Curse Plague On? . Thanks to the ever wonderful Wizard, Andrew Hiller, we have a delicious YouTube taster of what you can expect when the album becomes available for CD pre-order and digital download on the 9th July, 2012. Its hard to overstate just how good this album is so be sure to get to the Hidden Shoal Store  on Monday the 9th and pre-order or download yourself a copy. In the meantime you [...]

luke mcgarry Valient Thorr are from a distant planet high in dense minerals. They also enjoy vests. In honor of the extinction-level shred event scheduled for Thursday at Down and Out , we exhume this classick archival interview discussing wizards, witches and Sir Lord Baltimore LPs. This interview by Chris Ziegler. After you gave your kidney to your dad, did you weigh yourself to see how big it was? Valient Himself (vocals): The kidney didn’t even weigh a pound, but I actually [...]

L-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-Lobster Music. Wizard and Scizzahz deliver the first volume in their collaborative series, poaching MMG's wave for inspiration. You can name your price for this collection, and hit either of them up if you want to turn one of these into a full-blown song. Trilly. <a href=" http://wizardbeats.bandcamp.co m/album/lobster-music-vol-1"&a mp;gt;Lobster Music Vol.1 by Wizard & Scizzahz</a>

Punknews Podcast spinoff The Wizard's Beard is back this week after vanishing into thin air at the end of February. The Chicago duo of Jesse and Goodrich are once again bringing you the worst in commentary on hardcore, metal and related subgenres. Here's the skinny this week: In this episode, Goodrich and Jesse try to figure out why the Org chicks are always on their jock, and contemplate their absence from the Internet. You can click Read More to stream and/or [...]

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According to production company Paxahua’s Chuck Flask (via Detroit’s Metro Times ), “David Guetta approached us about it [Movement], but we said no." My guess is the current king of electronic dance music isn’t used to rejection. Following the mayhem of Skrillex’s 2011 Movement performance, which happened at the cusp of the producer’s current momentous rise, the team behind Paxahua have become even more vigilant on how they curate, not just book, the city’s celebration of techno. Now in it’s thirteenth year, Movement finds the balance between heritage (Jeff Mills, Lil’ Louis, Public [...]

So Many Wizards , a dynamic four piece from Los Angeles, has been causing a stir with furious live performances and a sound that Aquarium Drunkard describes as an "enigmatic blend of pop, rock, ballads, and zany nuggets" that come together to form "a cohesive whole." The band started as the solo project of Nima Kazerouni , who crafted the first So Many Wizards songs to cope with his anxiety after a childhood that began with an escape from war-torn Iran and took him through Europe, South America, and a month in the ghettos of [...]

Hidden Shoal sent me this single with a note: ‘Good, hey?’ Masters of understatement. This squelching, ‘technicolour art-rock’ ditty has a mess of electronic noise in the foreground and a soul-lifting emotional undertone, reminiscent of Animal Collective but rougher and more spacious. It is jarring and ambitious and also kind of brilliant – epic, spine-tingling, innovative music. Wizards Of Time hail from Phoenix, Arizona and release their debut Will The Soft Curse Plague On? this coming July. Beat magazine's Single of the Week

Birmingham's RTKal gets gully over something from Wizard, who's steadily proving himself to be a linchpin of the domestic hip hop scene. Expect an EP from RTKal in the not too distant future.

Taken from Jack Flash and Wizard's joint album Progression , Midnight Runaway Train sees the pair shoot for a mainstream sound with indie sensibilities. The album is available to buy right now .

eiknarf : Taken with instagram “The Wizard” .

Pianist, singer and songwriter Dave Frishberg is a too-little known miracle. The writer of hip ditties like "Peel Me a Grape" is also much more. the cracked lovechild of Stephen Sondheim and Woody Allen. I've lamented before about the lack of humor and lightness in jazz. How can it be that this music, based in puckish, playful improvisation, is so often somber or self-important? On days when you might want your jazz with some wit and some delight, one sure solution is the music of pianist, songwriter and singer Dave Frishberg. Frishberg is most famous as the [...]

Diminished Fifth Records is pleased to announced the release of a self-titled debut by stoner metal band Wizards of Kaos. Hailing from St. John's Newfoundland, the band features Dan Moore (formerly of stoner/doom band sHeavy) at the helm on vocals and guitar as well as Ritche Perez on guitar, Karl Hawkins on bass, and Jim Barter on drums. On thi... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

This is the opener to Jack Flash and Wizard's collab, Progression , which you can get your hands on over here .

If there's one thing that our experience of Wizard at Hammerfest 2012 taught us, it's that their frontman, Sven D'Anna, really knows how to fingerpoint. -- Wizard @ Hammerfest IV - 17 March 2012 c/o Gary Wolstenholme � Back [...]

It's time for the first Thrash Hits festival splash page of 2012! This dubious honour once again falls to  Hammerfest . All of our Hammerfest 2012 coverage from the weekend will be linked to on this here post, so make sure you bookmark it as it's all you're going to need. That means individual band coverage in the form of photos and setlists, as well as reviews of each day's highlights. Every scandalous rumour and dirty bit of gossip that our man David Keevill overheard, and every outrgeous photo of Pontins-based debauchery that Gary Wolstenholme snapped, will be here. [...]

Second-year prospect John Wall had a shaky rookie season thanks to a lingering injury. Nevertheless, fans anticipated a breakout year for him and the Washington Wizards this season based on [...]

Times are tough. The economy is up the spout, your next payday is weeks away, and those blissful who-cares-about-next-week feelings that Summer festival season bring are  even further away in the distance. Thankfully, Hammerfest IV is set to strike in March to alleviate that Spring slump, and what's more, if you enter our competition to win a set of FOUR weekend passes to the event, you might be able to bust down to Prestatyn without even having to pay an entry fee. [...]