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0 SHOW ALERT – VANCOUVER – MARCH 21 – Prog Rockers FEN @ Telus Ski & Snowboard Festival Kickoff; New Video ‘Of Losing Interest’
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SHOW ALERT – VANCOUVER – MARCH 21 – Prog Rockers FEN @ Telus Ski & Snowboard Festival Kickoff; New Video ‘Of Losing Interest’
Top Left to Right = Bass: Jeff Caron | Drums: Nando Polesel
Bottom Left to Right = Lead Guitars/Backing Vocals: Sam Levin | Guitars/Vocals: Doug Harrison
Progressive rockers FEN are proud to announce they will be performing at this year’s Telus Ski & Snowboard Festival Kick Off on March 21st at the Electric Owl (926 Main St.) in Vancouver, BC. (show details below)
The band released their latest music video for their title track from their fifth and latest album ‘Of Losing Interest’ released last summer via indie label Ripple Music to follow up their fourth release ‘Trails Out Of Gloom’.
To view the video, please visit the following link below.
Of Losing Interest – http://youtu.be/57p5I9VpXCc
Show Details
Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival Kickoff
March 21
Electric Owl
926 Main St. Vancouver
$10 cover
bands:
Marching Mind
Porn for the Blind
Fen
put on by Powder Rocket http://powderrocket.com/about/
and Streetkore http://www.streetkore.com/about/
Their heaviest and most technical album to date, ‘Of Losing Interest’ is an album that revisits the band’s harder edged metallic past while retaining the melodic sensibilities that made‘Trails Out of Gloom’ so alluring. Co-Produced by Mike Southworth, his fourth with the band, ‘Of Losing Interest’ is a contrast of technical virtuosity layered against warm low end organics.
Track Listing: Of Losing Interest
1. Riddled 03:55
2. Of Losing Interest 04:59
3. Nice For Three Days 04:04
4. A Long Line 04:43
5. The Glove 03:23
6. Drunken Relief 04:26
7. Light Up The End 03:34
8. Pilot Plant 06:03
9. Snake Path 03:17
Show Dates:
March 21, 2013 – The Electric Owl – Vancouver, BC w/ Marching Mind, Porn for the Blind (kick off show for the Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival, coming to Whistler April 12-21)
About:
In January of 1998, in the mountain shadows of Nelson, British Columbia, a creatorship emerged called Fen. The road has been long for this dark-leaning band, which after more than a decade of obscurity, was finally ushered into the prog and metal fan’s psyche. This occurred in 2010, when Fen signed to California label Ripple music and released their fourth album Trails Out Of Gloom. The album garnered impressive reviews from bloggers and print magazines worldwide, including mention in the UK’s Classic Rock magazine and a perfect 16/16 score from the US authority on prog: Progressions Magazine. To follow up this attention, in May of 2011, the management of UK/Israeli prog veterans Blackfield invited Fen to open for them on the Vancouver stop of their North American tour.
To date, Fen’s music has sold in more than fifteen countries, and with the help of dedicated bloggers, two AAA-radio campaigns, and a music video for the single “Miracle,” the band’s following continues to expand. In surprising contrast to the dark nature of Fen’s music, their songs have been placed on HGTV (Home and Garden Television) and Animal Planet’s, From Underdog to Wonderdog, among others. The song “Through the Night” will soon be available on the video game RockBand.
Fen has performed at clubs and festivals throughout BC, and in the summer of 2011, took part in the Forest Symphony at UBC’s Pacific Spirit Park. Fen’s fifth album, Of Losing Interest, will be available in August 2012, and is a return to the heavier aspects of the band’s sound. It is their second release under the Ripple Music label, and it brings together a band line up first assembled in 1999.
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0 Extreme Irish Metallers CHOSEN Announce New Album ‘Resolution’; Offer FREE Download of Song ‘Engines of Belief’
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Extreme Irish Metallers CHOSEN Announce New Album ‘Resolution’; Offer FREE Download of Song ‘Engines of Belief’
Chosen Line Up | David McCann (Drums & Percussion) | Paul Shields (Vocals/Guitars) – Photo Credit – Fiaz Farrelly
Irish death metallers CHOSEN are proud to announce their debut album ‘Resolution’ set for release on March 30th as a FREE DOWNLOAD on their official website www.chosen.ie along with it being available on CD in two special editions.
The Deluxe Special Edition is a double CD that features a 9-track bonus disc of unreleased songs, rough mixes, drum and bass tracks taken from their album sessions along with a detailed album booklet.
The Collector’s Edition is a spawn of the Deluxe Special Edition that includes a beautiful 60-page, full colour soft cover booklet, extensive liner notes, lyrical themes and illustrations for each song, rare photos, studio diaries and more, all exhibited within an exquisite tapestry of expanded album artwork courtesy of Fiaz Farrelly making it a must have item for those who want something a little more tangible to add to their music collection.
CHOSEN will also be holding a competition on the album release day, where they will be giving away three copies of the Deluxe Special Edition. To enter, contestants must email their full name to competition@chosen.ie for their chance to win, with the option of having a personal message of your choice inscribed inside the booklets if they choose.
The winners will be announced the day of the album release on March 30th. The closing date for entry is March 28th.
Produced by Alwyn Walker, ‘Resolution’ is a reflection of sheer perseverance and innovation, brimming with top-notch musicianship, well-crafted arrangements and inventive hooks. Merged with a rich audio production value, void of the sterile, homogeneous and plastic instrumentation factor, which currently dominates the commercial metal market, this debut album from one of Ireland’s noteworthy metal bands is a truly refreshing piece of work.
Drummer / Percussionist David McCann comments:
“Our hope is to put our music out there, make it as accessible as possible, and simply let people discover it in their own time, free of charge. While we do respect the rights of other bands and artists who want to charge for their music upfront, we believe in this new method of exposure and it’s something we are willing to explore for the foreseeable future in this digital age of abundance.”
CHOSEN is now streaming and offering their first track off ‘Engines of Belief’ as a FREE DOWNLOAD here. (http://chosen.ie/01%20Engines%20of%20Belief.mp3)
Streaming Links
Track Listing
1. Engines of Belief
2. Defective Prospection
3. The Narcissism Epidemic
4. Mental Clarity
5. Diminishment
6. Instinct
7. Asch’s Paradigm
8. Metaphysical Contradiction
9. The Departure Lounge
Behind The Scenes In Studio With CHOSEN
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0 PSYCHOSTICK Announce Dates For ‘Our Tour Can Beat Up Your Tour”; New Video ‘Dogs Like Socks’
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Buy Links: Psychostick Store | Bandcamp | iTunes
PSYCHOSTICK Announce Dates For ‘Our Tour Can Beat Up Your Tour”; New Video ‘Dogs Like Socks’
(L- R) – Alex “Shmalex” Dontre – Drums | Rob “Rawrb” Kersey – Vocals | Matty J “Moose” – Bass | Josh “The J” Key – Guitar
The originators of humorcore, Psychostick who’s latest single and music video ‘Dogs Like Socks‘ has hundreds of thousands of views within weeks of posting, are proud to announce ‘Our Tour Can Beat Up Your Tour’, which includes various dates with Polkadot Cadaver and Downtown Brown.
Josh “The J” Key, Guitarist comments:
“It’s about time we toured with Polkadot Cadaver! And the funniest band we’ve ever toured with, Downtown Brown, too? All I can say is: if you hate fun, don’t go to this show… you might have such a good time that you could suffer a brain aneurysm.”
Psychostick‘s fifth and latest release ‘Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D’ is now available at the following location here. (http://psychostick.com/music)
To view the video ‘Dogs Like Socks’, please visit the following link below.
DATES – ‘Our Tour Can Beat Up Your Tour’
*with Polkadot Cadaver
**with Polkadot Cadaver and Downtown Brown
***with Polkadot Cadaver, Downtown Brown, and Nonpoint
March 7th in Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom
March 8th in Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard Music Hall
March 9th in Oklahoma City, OK @ The Chameleon Room
March 16th in Corpus Christi, TX @ Theo’s
March 19th in New Orleans, LA @ Hangar 13
March 20th in Pascagoula, MS @ Thunder’s Tavern
March 21st in Orlando, FL @ Bombshell
March 22nd in Jacksonville, FL @ Brewster’s Pit
March 23rd in St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local*
March 24th in Cocoa, FL @ The Hippodrome*
March 26th in Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade**
March 28th in Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater**
March 29th in Dayton, OH @ McGuffy’s House of Rock**
March 30th in Toledo, OH @ Lucas County Rec Center***
March 31st in Muskegon, MI @ Club Envy**
April 2nd in Waterloo, IA @ The Reverb**
April 3rd in Madison, WI @ The Frequency**
April 4th in Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s**
April 5th in Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews**
April 9th in Denver, CO @ Moe’s**
April 12th in Sauget, IL @ Pop’s**
April 13th in Kansas City, KS @ The Aftershock**
April 17th in South Bend, IN @ Cheer’s Pub
April 18th in Battle Creek, MI @ Planet Rock
April 19th in Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
April 20th in Sandusky, OH @ The Underground
April 21st in Mansfield, OH @ Planet Rock
May 2nd in Reading, PA @ The Reverb**
May 3rd in Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s**
For more info, music and tour dates, please visit the following links:
http://www.facbeook.com/psychostick
http://www.twitter.com/psychostick
Music Videos
Because Boobs! – http://youtu.be/dcYlytyuKsc
Political Bum – http://youtu.be/DNZj2RrrkfI
Do You Want A Taco? – http://youtu.be/k3tcQI5EEiA
Beer – http://youtu.be/O-jOEAufDQ4 – over 4 million views
Girl Directions – http://youtu.be/U5_HhqcbF_0
BIO:
Most high school friends can’t even stand to look at each other once school’s out, but in the case of vocalist Rob “Rawrb” Kersey and guitarist Josh “The J” Key, they decided to spend even more time together after graduation.
Harnessing their crazy sense of humor and love of all things metal, they joined forces with drummer Alex “Shmalex” Dontre and bassist Matty J “Moose” to create Pyschostick, a band they’ve coined as humorcore. With hilarious lyrics, heavy riffs, notorious stage antics and high-energy performances, the band has caused millions of laughs around the world and hundreds of mosh pits across the US, often simultaneously, since its birth in Phoenix, AZ in 2000.
Almost 100 percent do-it-yourself, Psychostick never strays from its signature sound, a combination of heavy music Chimaira, Machine Head and Hatebreed would be proud of and wit and humor that would make Tenacious D and Weird Al Yankovic holler with laughter.
With two full-length albums behind them – “We Couldn’t Think of a Title” and “Sandwich” – the band released their latest record, “Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D,” in 2011, following it up with a tour with Mushroomhead to add to their total count of 21 nationwide tours that have hit 47 states.
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