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0 OUT TODAY! STONE IRIS Release Second Album Of 2013 ‘Grande National’ + Canada/USA Dates

August 27, 2013
by Asher
· Stone Iris

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OUT TODAY! STONE IRIS Release Second Album Of 2013 ‘Grande National’ + Canada/USA Dates

From L-R: Ryan Ast (Bass); Jeff Burwash (Drums) ; Juice E. Jensen (Percussion); Garret Niven (Vocals/ Guitar); El Niven (Vocals/ Guitar)

Grande National, the second album release of 2013 for Edmonton, AB’s favourite rock reggae quintet Stone Iris is now available and out today, Tuesday, August 27th to follow up their eighth studio recording ‘Kicking The Can’. The band is presently on their second USA tour since May in promotion of the release, a 14 track voyage that takes listeners through a revival of blues and rock reggae doused in groove and North American nostalgia.

Vocalist / guitarist El Niven comments:

“Grown with love in Edmonton, Alberta, brewed in Louisville, Kentucky and about to spill out all over North America, Grande National is fourteen ripe tracks of Stone Iris’ self proclaimed southern rock from the true north, reggae music from a cold dark place. This is the band’s second full length release of 2013, a testament to our commitment to never slowing down and never growing old.”

The album is available on iTunes, Bandcamp, CD Baby and all major online retailers.

Album Stream – Grande National – http://stoneiris.bandcamp.com/album/grande-national

FREE DOWNLOAD – Hard To Stay Cool When… – http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/stone-iris-hard-to-stay-cool-when-free-download-exclusive

Tour Blog – http://www.stoneiris.com/2013/08/8222013-210-pm-the-desert/

1. Hard To Stay Cool When…
2. C’Mon
3. When in Roam
4. Longview
5. On a Roll
6. Metropolis
7. Dead of The Night
8. Too Rude Blues
9. Frost on the Boards
10. Know by Now
11. Be Only
12. My Heart Is True (But I Think I Lied)
13. Wandering (Not Alone)
14. Burnin’ Into Me

Tour Dates (more dates to be announced)

August 29 – 1904 Music Hall – Jacksonville, FL – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/647377728620364/

September 6 – The New Vintage – Louisville, KY – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/354860261307895/

September 7 – Westville Pub – Asheville, NC – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/602624176426708/

September 10 – Station 21 (Acoustic) – Wilmington, NC – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/221527174662116/

September 11 – The Calico Room – Wilmington, NC – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/535414193178584/

September 25 – Wild Tymes – St. Paul, MN – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/159787787542896/

September 26 – The Garage Bar – Moorhead, MN – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/187672281400820/

September 28 – O’Hanlon’s – Regina, SK – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/219045454918015/

About: Stone Iris is a brotherhood of like-minded musicians. From humble beginnings in Edmonton, Canada, their fusion of self described Southern Rock from the True North / Reggae Music from a Cold Dark Place has been blazing across Canada and the USA over the years.

With consistent touring, busking, jamming and writing, the undeniable, yet un-classifiable spectacle known as Stone Iris has been persistent in sharing their craft and passion. With a love for performing, their live show is as honest and original, as it is part of who and what they are. Driven by groove, it makes you move.

Much has been in store for Stone Iris in 2013; including extensive touring, two full length albums, the first being their eighth recording ‘Kicking The Can’ released in March and now to be followed by their ninth release ‘Grande National’ this coming August.

Releasing their first single ‘I Wanna’ from ‘Kicking The Can’ to radio across Canada along with local support by Edmonton’s rock authority Sonic 102.9 FM who named the group ‘Band of The Month’ for March plus premiering their music video ‘Taste of Fame’ onBlankTV. Stone Iris is hitting the road for their second North American Tour since releasing ‘Kicking The Can’.

I Wanna – https://soundcloud.com/stoneiris/i-wanna

Video – Breakfest Television Edmonton Live Performance – http://youtu.be/ipM7NpdG8eE

Music Video – Taste of Fame – BlankTV Premiere – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj2q62k1yOg

For more info on Stone Iris, please visit these following links:

http://www.stoneiris.com | https://www.facebook.com/stoneiris | Twitter: @StoneIrisBand

0 Loud-Stuff – Until Dawn – Horizon

August 26, 2013
by Asher
· Until Dawn

http://www.loud-stuff.com/until-dawn.html

0 Canadian Party Thrashers FATALITY Post New Tour Blog From ‘Towards Disastour’ On DeadRhetoric.com

August 26, 2013
by Asher
· Fatality

Tour Dates | Fatality.ca | Facebook | Myspace

Youtube | Reverbnation | Twitter | CBC 3

Buy Links: Big Cartel | iTunes | Bandcamp | Inner City Merch

Canadian Party Thrashers FATALITY Post New Tour Blog From ‘Towards Disastour’ On DeadRhetoric.com

Toronto’s favorite thrash party monsters Fatality are currently on a two-month North American “Towards Disastour” in support of their latest album, Psychonaut. Vocalist Spencer Le Von checks in with Dead Rhetoric.com on their day off in Arlington, TX…

Read about it here along with a podcast entitled “Fatality Backseat LeVoncast” oniTunes here:

Tour Photos can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/98333748@N04/

Past tour diary entries:

Part I – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-i/

Part II – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-ii/

Part III – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-iii/

Part IV – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-iv/

Part V – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-v/

Part VI – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-vi/

Part VII – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-vii/

Part VIII – http://www.deadrhetoric.com/features/fatality-north-american-tour-diary-part-viii/

Fatality Canada / USA Dates: ‘Towards Disastour’

Up-to-date tour info can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/163831077118892/

August 26 – Cleveland, OH @ The Foundry
August 28 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Howler’s Coyote – Show Details

August 29 – Buffalo, NY – The Lair – Show Details

*Homecoming show – SEPT 1 – TORONTO, ON @ BOVINE SEX CLUB – Show Details

A darker and more mature effort, Psychonaut brings forth Fatality’s trademark energy and commitment to drunken mayhem. Tracks like ‘Thoughts Collide’ and ‘Before The Collapse’ delve deep into the sodden minds of their creators, bubbling with the strange alchemy of pop culture. Psychonaut is an exploration of the inner landscape of the mind, where addled thoughts and horror-polluted dreams are held up to musical scrutiny. Monstrous, ambitious, and sardonically funny as ever, Fatality are taking their unique sound and boundless energy to the next level.

Souncloud stream – Monstrous – https://soundcloud.com/fatalitythrash/monstrous

Soundcloud stream – Thoughts Collide – https://soundcloud.com/fatalitythrash/thoughts-collide/s-w96eC

Music Video – Thoughts Collide – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YLN5I7NUGU

1. Enter Purgatory – 7:54
2. Thoughts Collide – 5:11
3. Monstrous – 5:26
4. Before the Collapse – 5:29
5. Towards Disaster – 4:47
6. Psychonaut – 6:10
7. Satan’s Shepherd – 4:18
8. Thrashterpiece II – 7:15
Total: 46:25

‘Psychonaut’ is available on iTunes, Bandcamp, Big Cartel.

To fund their new album, upcoming tour and music video FATALITY launched a crowd funding platform via Indiegogo.com, which was linked to http://fatality.ca. They’ve successfully received over $5,000 in fan support during the campaign for the album through this new initiative.

Indiegogo Fundraiser Video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7cti1up5zY

About: Toronto, Canada’s high-energy, modern thrash monsters Fatality have been cranking out wise-cracking, beer-drenched nightmares together since 2003. Known for their wild, riotous live performances and their peerless work ethic, they have been independently booking and promoting their own shows, creating great merch, touring North America, and making some great tunes along the way. Few bands embody the DIY spirit as fully as Fatality consistently do, and no other bands have as much fun working their asses off.

Fatality’s debut effort, Beers From The Grave, was an irreverent, horror-themed album that eschewed seriousness in favour of hard living and good times. Decibel Magazine quipped that, on Beers From The Grave, “solos fly with reckless abandon, the bass is audible and practically so are the beers being cracked open. These guys must have awesome parties.” Hellbound.ca stated that Fatality are “a bundle of crass, explosive, obnoxiously positive energy spewing beer and shrapnel.” Part homage to classic zombie apocalypse horror and part retro-thrash ruckus, Beers From The Grave was an exciting, riotously messy debut.

After supporting Beers From The Grave with East coast Canadian tours, and being invited to share the stage with the likes of Exodus, Municipal Waste, Holy Grail and Razor, the thrash rockers went back to the studio and emerged with still more new material. Three rough-and-tumble, irresistibly catchy singles — “T.F.E.S.”, “Uppercut” and “Hammerfist” — were bundled together as a free EP. While most bands would have simply released a free record and called it a day, Fatality supported their singles with North American tours, winning hearts, destroying livers and splitting eardrums along the way. After those adventures, Fatality went into a period of hiatus. They emerged from this creative cocoon and re-instated their original drummer, Mason LeVon (brother to guitarist and vocalist Spencer LeVon, who replaced longtime friend and skinsman Andrew Suarez), and new musical vision. In early 2012, the band began writing a brand-new full-length, ‘Psychonaut’, unquestionably their most ambitious project to date.

FATALITY is:

Eytan Gordon – Lead Guitar

Spencer LeVon – Lead Vocals/Guitar

Adam Zlotnik – Bass Guitar

Mason LeVon – Drums

2011 Single T.F.E.S. – http://youtu.be/sNaYiUm6ze4

For more info, please visit these links:

Facebook – http://facebook.com/fatalitythrash

Bandcamp – http://fatality.bandcamp.com/

the FATALITY Blog – http://fatalitythrash.blogspot.ca/

SoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/fatalitythrash

Merch Store – http://fatalitymerch.bigcartel.com

0 THE IN & OUTS Announce Vermont Show Dates + Acrobatic Set At Montreal Rock Climbing Center ‘Zéro Gravité’

August 26, 2013
by Asher
· The In & Outs

TheInNOuts.com | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube | Bandcamp

Soundcloud | Last.fm | CBC 3 | Myspace | iTunes

THE IN & OUTS Announce Vermont Show Dates + Acrobatic Set At Montreal Rock Climbing Center ‘Zéro Gravité’

L-R: Alexandre Pépin – Bass | Francois -Michel Beauchamp – Drums, Backup Vocals | David Groover – Lead Vocals, Guitar

One of the hottest flames to rise out of Montreal’s musical blaze, The In & Outs, a high voltage, electrifying experience have announced the following show dates in Vermont along with taking coincidence of their newly released album ‘Zero Gravity’ and acrobatics of their new music video ‘There We Go’ to a new level as they will be performing a flying high set for the grand opening of Montreal rock climbing center ‘Zéro Gravité’ on September 21st in Montreal, QC.

David Groover vocalist / guitarist comments:

“We’re very excited about this off the wall performance, literally! We will be flying in the air performing 3 songs at the grand opening of the ‘Zéro Gravité’ climbing center. The plan is to have two drums sets installed, one on the ground and one in the air on a floating platform along with myself playing guitar and singing with our bassist Alex. We will be floating and rocking out from up above from wall to wall. To get a bit of visual of what we’ll be doing live! Check out our music video ‘There We Go’.”

Music Video – There We Go – http://youtu.be/IJk83l6CCXY

The In & Outs Show Dates

September 21 – Zéro Gravité – Montreal, QC – Show Details – https://www.facebook.com/events/315759595226365/ – More info on Zéro Gravité: http://www.zero-gravite.ca/

October 1 – Nectar’s, Burlington, VT

October 10 – L’Escogriffe – Montreal, QC w/ Dead Messenger

December 18 – Radio Bean – Burlington, VT

Expertly fusing rock riffs with cheeky lyrics and the occasional hint of funky blues only begins to underline the trio’s vast influences from diverse genres, ranging from Johnny Cash to The Doors, passing through Elvis Presley and John Spencer.

Lyrically eclectic and musically unrivalled each and every In & Outs song demonstrates a profound love of music and reflects the ups and downs of life and the essence of a society where creating your own opportunities leads to self-fulfilment, all of which is transmitted to their audiences through a hypnotic stream of sound and energy.

Landing a commercial placement in a 2011 Ford Focus televised ad in Quebec with their track ‘Steep Mountain’ (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAoRDl-VM2g), along with their songs ‘Celebrate Consumption’ and ‘Boo My God’ used for Sports Network (RDS) show H2Snow (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9WcXbQXYWQ), The In & Outs have progressed in the Montreal music scene and beyond, touring Europe in 2012 and performing at multiple festivals in support of last year’s self-titled EP and their debut album, ‘Ascending Back and Forth’.

‘Zero Gravity’ can now be purchased on iTunes and via http://theinnouts.bandcamp.com/ along with a FREE download of their single‘There We Go’.

Lyric Video – Zero Gravity – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGd6zkE992M

Live Video – Festival Interceltique Lorient 2012 (France) – http://youtu.be/Wtcow-A-0Cw

Track Listing: Zero Gravity

1. You Talk
2. Chess Games
3. There We Go
4. One Way Leading To A Dead End
5. W
6. Wearing A Smile
7. Shelter 039
8. ø
9. Zero Gravity
10. Up Against The Wall
11. 88
12. The Fabrik
13. Sleepy Sheep

For more info on The In & Outs, please visit these links:

Official Website – http://www.theinnouts.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/theinnouts

Twitter – http://twitter.com/#!/theinnouts

Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/user/theinnouts