Have you seen this cake? Please contact your local police. In 33 days I turn 33. Do a birthday gig again? Goodness no, the one last year almost gave me a nervous breakdown, and cost me most of my birthday money. Yet another Aye Tunes gig in July though. Shh, I never said that. To "celebrate" I'm going to try and tackle my status as Scotland's Laziest Music Blogger, and annoy you with rambling, by doing a post every day. That's right, every single day for the next 33 days - unless it goes horribly off the rails ...

Hot ( Maya Jane Coles ) and heavy ( deadmau5 ), as ever this year's Sónar looks to be a heady mélange of all things musical and multimedial. Hacked into what are effectively two festivals (Sónar de Día amid the grandiose surrounds of the Ciutat Vella and the post-apocalyptic stylings of Sónar de Noche out in the conference centre hub-cum-hedonistic haven of L'Hospitalet), both better most things you could even envisage frequenting throughout the coming summer months. More pertinently however, it also happens to be the latest stop on our trawl through a selection of the finer festival happenings of this imminent ...

Prong is currently in the midst of a short UK and European tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark 'Beg To Differ' album. Decibel magazine has lauded that album for "Breaking sacred ground and directing where heavy music would inevitably head for the rest of the 90's." In addition, they are playing classics from their catalog as well as material from their recent 'Carved Into Stone' album. Joining mainman Tommy Victor and drummer Alexei Rodriguez are bass players Matt Brunson of Crowbar and former Cradle of Filth bassist Dave Pybus.

One 7" single. That was all there was to East Anglia's Shock Treatment. Even by NWOBHM standards, where hardcore collectors would beat up old ladies if it meant they could grab that one missing single they so desperately crave, this is a obscure band/single. If not for the NWOBHM ENCYCLOPEDIA I highly doubt that more than a handful of people would have even cared about this 1980 single. Released on Skull Records (?) this is one interesting 7" release that deserved a better reception than it got. Side A ("The Mugger") is a heavy (skull crushing/fuzzed out heavy ...

Massachusetts metallers Revocation have confirmed that they will be taking part in this year&aposs; Scion Rock Fest on June 2nd taking place in Tampa, Florida. The event kicks off at 4 PM and will be held at four venues in the area including: The Ritz Ybor, Crowbar, The Orpheum and Czar Bar. Revocation front man Dave Davidson spoke about playing this... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Florida metal legends NASTY SAVAGE played their "last concert ever" on Saturday, May 5 at the Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida.

After many years of talking about it, Kevin Shields finally came up with the goods. Isn't Anything , My Bloody Valentine's debut album and (most importantly) Loveless , their Magnum Opus have been remastered by the shoegaze genius that created them in the first place. As well as the albums, Shields has turned his eye to the EPs that span 1988-1991. These feature the track 'You Made Me Realise', one of the band's most famous songs and a notorious pain in the arse to get a physical copy of. So with over seventy tracks dealt with, the question is ...

Tags: Patrick Dempsey Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey is a real life hero after pulling a 17-year-old boy from a car crash near his home in Malibu, California. Using a crowbar and a fire extinguisher, Dempsey rushed to the scene of an accident and pulled the boy to safety after his car flipped over. The boy, Weston Masset, [...] ( Read more... )

“Superskum” took some footage of PRONG when the band played at the Marquis Theater in Denver, Colorado with CROWBAR. ETERNAL HEAT SNAP YOUR FINGERS SNAP YOUR NECK UVTV Heavy Metal Music Videos Related HeadlinesHate Live Footage In DenverSepultura Live Footage In Denver CODown Footage In DenverDeicide In DenverBelphegor Live Footage In Denver

"Superskum" (web site) conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor when the band played at the Marquis Theater in Denver, Colorado with CROWBAR.

I don't know if it's just me but lately I haven't been able to stop listening to Yacht's version of Brigitte Fontaine's "Le Goudron." Don't get me wrong although Brigitte's version is very intense, what I like about Yacht's version is that they infused their own sound, which is electronic and sprinkle it over the song and created their own song. The reason for the release of this track was to announce their European tour which kick starts tomorrow. Yacht - Le Goudron Brigitte Fontaine - Le Gourdon SHANGRI-LA TOUR 2012: PT.2 EUROPE ...

MP3: Yacht - "Le Goudron" Yacht are about to head off to Europe. To celebrate, they recorded a cover song of Brigitte Fontaine's "Le Goudron" (check that out above). US fans don't need to worry, they'll be back here soon enough. Check out the full list of dates below. Yacht tour dates: 04-26 - Nantes, France – Pôle Etudiant 04-27 - Tours, France – Le Temps Machine 04-28 - Paris, France – KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD @ Gaîté Lyrique 04-30 - Heidelberg, Germany – Halle01 05-01 - Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom 05-02 - St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace 05-03 - Dublin, Ireland – Workmansclub 05-05 - Belfast, UK – Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival 05-06 - Bristol, UK ...

Portland electronica outfit Yacht have recently remade French avant-garde singer Brigitte Fontaine’s off-hand 1969 acoustic song ‘Le Goudron.’ The dancehall-ish remake, which you can stream or download below, also features a video with Claire Evans playing the part of Fontaine, in a strobe-lit discotheque. Watch the video and check out the band's US and European tours. EUROPE 04-26 Nantes, FR – Pôle Etudiant 04-27 Tours, FR – Le Temps Machine 04-28 Paris, FR – KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD @ Gaîté Lyrique 04-30 Heidelberg, DE – Halle01 05-01 Frankfurt, DE – Zoom 05-02 St. Gallen, CH – Palace 05-03 Dublin, IE – Workmansclub 05-05 Belfast, UK – Cathedral Quarter ...

Catch ‘em at: 5-24 San Diego, CA – The Loft 5-25 Tucson, AZ – Plush 5-26 El Paso, TX – Neon Desert Music Festival 5-28 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks 5-30 Gainesville, FL – Double Down Live 5-31 Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live 6-1 Tampa, FL – Crowbar 6-2 Miami, FL – [...]

Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter [untitled] [ugEXPLODE; 2012] by Gumshoe Rating: When the fifth track from this collaboration between Sandy Ewen, Damon Smith, and Weasel Walter started playing in the living room, my four-year-old daughter asked a fairly reasonable question: “Do you think that sounds like a saw that’s run out of oil?” Yes, Penny; I suppose it does. My father, riding in my car while said album was playing, asked another, less reasonable question: “What is the point of this music?” (And you should know, he wasn’t asking this in a sarcastic or dismissive way; he ...