Psychostick will hit the road this summer on a headlining tour with info-punk band Look What I Did along for direct support. The band has a simple goal this summer – they want to pay off their van.

“From a business standpoint, it is always best to minimize your expenses. By doing that, it is significantly easier to tour without having a huge amount of money due every month,” says Psychostick drummer Alex Preiss. “Wait…I’m supposed to be a rocker…what I meant to say was:  we just want to party!”

The “Pay Off the Van Tour” will be Look What I Did’s second tour with Psychostick. The bands, along with Powerglove, joined forces in May/June 2008 for the “Terrible Shirt Tour.” The Look What I Did’s February 2010 album, “Atlas Drugged,” was produced by Brian Virtue (Deftones, Chevelle, 30 Seconds to Mars) and released on Modernist Movement Records.

“We’re extremely excited to hit the road with our buddies in Look What I Did again,” says Preiss.  “They just released a new disc and I can’t wait to see them perform some of my new favorite songs. I’m also very stoked to get our van paid off. Hey, if you could tour the country to pay off your vehicle, would you? Of course you would.”

“Psychostick are great friends,” says Look What I Did drummer Jake Omen.  “This tour will make ‘House Party 2′ look like ‘House Party 3.’”

Psychostick just wrapped up the final dates of their nine-week tour with Green Jelly and Nashville Pussy. The band released “The Digital Appetizer,” a three-song collection of new music, earlier this month. Songs “Cockblock” and “Tuff Luv” are available for listening on the bands website.

Psychostick only:
06-17: Kansas City, MO at Aftershock
06-18: Sauget, IL at Pops
06-19: Danville, IL at Slang Metalfest
06-20: Chicago Ridge, IL at Bobby McGee’s

Psychostick and Look What I Did:
06-23: Atlanta, GA at The Masquerade
06-24: Cookeville, TN at Club Jet (also with Green Jelly)
06-25: Amelia, OH at Big Ed’s
06-26: Rutland, OH at SKATETOPIA (PS only, with GWAR and Green Jelly)
06-27: Pittsburgh, PA at Mr. Smalls
07-01: Buffalo, NY at Broadway Joes
07-03: Fredericksburg, VA at KC’s Music Alley
07-06: Allentown, PA at Crocodile Rock
07-09: Cayce, NC at Hard Knox Grill
07-10: Jackson, NC at The Party Zone
07-11: Fayetteville, NC at The Rock Shop
07-13: Eden, NC at Modelo Bay
07-16: Louisville, KY at Phoenix Hill Tavern
07-17: Clarksville, TN at The Warehouse
07-21: Des Moines, IA at House of Bricks
07-22: Janesville, WI at The Back Bar
07-23: Galesburg, IL at Billiards on Main
07-24: Streater, IL at AJ’s Tap Room
07-26: Downers Grove, IL at North Beach Club
07-27: Bloomington, IL at Coconut Louie’s
07-30: Detroit, MI at The Ritz
07-31: Louisville, OH at The Carriage House

More dates to be announced.

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My Education is about to embark on a tour that takes them through the Midwest, Pac-NW and West Coast of the U.S. in support of their new album Sunrise, out now on Strange Attractors Audio House in CD and also as of today, beautiful vinyl!  If you are in one of the cities where you can catch the band’s live score w/the silent film “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, I highly suggest so. It’s is possibly the best thing you’ll ever witness.

TOUR DATES
June 4 – The Doublewide – Dallas,TX
June 5 – The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
June 6 – Fishtank Theater – Kansas City, MO
June 7 – The Mayan Theatre – Denver,CO “sunrise live score & movie”
tickets @ http://bit.ly/june7th – scroll to June 7th up top of page
June 8 – Tower Theatre – Salt Lake City,UT “sunrise live score & movie” – tickets avail via http://saltlakefilmsociety.org/
June 9 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City,UT
June 11 – Sunset Tavern – Seattle,WA
June 12 – The Wail – Portland,OR
June 13 – The Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco,CA w/Rademacher & Fake Your Own Death
June 15 – The Bootleg Theatre – Los Angeles,CA “sunrise live score & movie”
tickets @ http://bit.ly/LAshow
June 16 – Jensen’s Guitar (Main Stage) – Santa Barbara,CA
June 17 – The Soda Bar – San Diego,CA w/The Radar Bros.
June 18 – Mia’s Lounge – Flagstaff,AZ
June 19 – Atomic Cantina – Albuquerque, NM

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The Henry Clay People debut, Somewhere on the Golden Coast, sounds like the riff-slinging byproduct of playing hard—and drinking even harder—in Midwestern bars that keep their jukeboxes stocked with old Pavement and Replacements records or whatever Robert Pollard released that week.

mp3: Henry Clay People “Your Famous Friends”

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“While we don’t quite fit in with L.A.’s noise scene or the singer-songwriter crew that hangs out at the Hotel Cafe,” says vocalist/guitarist Joey Siara, “we’ve found a nice little niche for bands like us in L.A—just a bunch of friendly people who prefer to hang out, drink cheap beer, and listen to Big Star records on a Saturday night.” Read the rest of this entry →

All Time Low are on tour in support of their upcoming release “Straight To DVD” in stores May 25th, 2010

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Friendo is a three-piece, guitar-driven band largely inspired by ‘90s experimental rock, ‘70s punk and ‘60s pop. Their songs range anywhere from breezy, effortless jams, to pulse-pounding post-punk gems. The multi-instrumentalist members love to mix harmony with noise, creating their own seasonal landscape.

http://www.myspace.com/friendomusic

US Tour Dates

5.26 – Calgary, AB – Ship & Anchor Pub
5.29 – Seattle, WA – Comet Tavern
5.30 – Portland, OR – Rontoms
6.1 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
6.2 – Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland
6.3 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
6.5 – Dallas, TX – Lounge on Elm Street
6.6 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Jr
6.8 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
6.9 – Chapel Hill, NC -Local 506
6.10 – Washington, DC – Black Cat Backstage
6.11 – New York, NY – Cake Shop
6.12 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
6.13 – Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
6.14 – Allston, MA – O’Brien’s Pub
6.15 – Montreal, QC – Green Room at Mile End
6.17 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall
6.19 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick Cafe
6.20 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Parlor
6.22 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
6.23 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
6.24 – Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
6.25 – Winnipeg, MB – Royal Albert Arms Hotel
7.1 – Calgary, AB – DIckens Pub

World-renowned guitarist/composer Steve Hackett and his accomplished electric band will soon take to the road in North America to play select cities.  Hackett and company will tour in support of Steve Hackett’s new album OUT OF THE TUNNEL’S MOUTH, which hits streets in North America on June 8th via InsideOut Music.  The release includes a special live bonus disc featuring solo and Genesis classics including Firth Of Fifth,” “Fly On A Windshield” and more.  Please see below for complete track listing and tour dates.  The band features: Steve Hackett (guitar/vocals), Roger King (keyboard/musical director), Nick Beggs (bass/chapman stick/vocals), Rob Townsend (sax/flute/vocals), Gary O’Toole (drums/d drums/percussion/vocals) and Amanda Lehmann (guitar/vocals).

OUT OF THE TUNNEL’S MOUTH is a rock album which features beautifully-sweeping symphonic sounds highlighted by Hackett’s signature soaring guitar and unsullied vocals.  The tracks contain a mélange of influences from classical to Middle Eastern and showcase Hackett’s prowess as a composer with the ability to meld seemingly disparate styles.  Although majestic in sound and scope, OUT OF THE TUNNEL’S MOUTH was recorded in Hackett’s living room and produced in a virtual studio there by longtime writing partner, keyboardist and producer Roger King.  The album has earned accolades from the UK and US press, with Classic Rock declaring the album a “sonic masterpiece.”  Hackett is featured in the June issue of Guitar Player, on stands now in the US.

For more information, please visit:
www.hackettsongs.com
www.insideout.de
www.myspace.com/insideoutamerica

OUT OF THE TUNNEL’S MOUTH track listing

1.    Fire On The Moon
2.    Nomads
3.    Emerald And Ash
4.    Tubehead
5.    Sleepers
6.    Ghost In The Glass
7.    Still Waters
8.    Last Train To Istanbul

LIVE BONUS DISC track listing

1.    Blood On The Rooftops
2.    A Tower Struck Down
3.    Firth Of Fifth
4.    Fly On A Windshield
5.    Broadway Melody Of 1974
6.    Every Star In The Night Sky

STEVE HACKETT North American tour

JUNE
18        Bethlehem, PA                        NEARFest/Zoellner Arts Center/Lehigh University
20        Westhampton, NY                  Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
22        Arlington, MA                           The Regent Theatre
23        New York, NY                          River To River Festival/World Financial Center Plaza
24        Falls Church, VA                     The State Theatre
25        Greensburg, PA                      Palace Theatre
30        South Milwaukee, WI              South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
JULY
2         Rochester, NY                        Water Street Music Hall
3         Albany, NY                              Hart Theater
4         Trois Rivieres, QC                  Festivoix
7         Toronto, ON                            Queen Elizabeth Theatre
8         Ottawa, ON                             Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
9         Montreal, QC                           Place des Arts Theatre Maisonneuve
10        Sherbrooke, QU                      Theatre Granada
12        Quebec City, QC                    Quebec City International Summer Festival

After Midnight Project will be hitting the road this week with Chevelle for a week-long Texas tour beginning May 7 in San Antonio wrapping up May 14 in Mission, TX.

Supporting its debut Universal/Motown release, Lets Build Something To Break, the L.A. band will be on the entire Vans Warped Tour this summer.

Heralded as “One of the most seasoned bands I ever worked with,” by legendary producer and Goldfinger frontman John Feldman, the group’s debut displays singer Jason Evigan’s uncanny ability to pen huge rock anthems blended with melodies that make the songs appealing to even the most hardened rock fan.

“Scream for You” is a song that Jason originally penned for his friends Papa Roach but decided to hold for AMP. The ballad “Gone Too Long” illustrates the rigors of being on the road and was recorded in the early morning hours on a beach in San Simeon. “Take Me Home” has been a crowd favorite for hardcore AMP fans and became the easy selection for the album’s first single.

For info on the on the band see www.myspace.com/aftermidnightproject

TOUR DATES:

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Pearly Gate Music just don’t stop.  After playing at just about every day party possible at this year’s SXSW festival (including Brooklyn Vegan, Rachel Ray/Daytrotter, and Toby Rascal and HBears day parties) the band returned to home just in time to jump on a couple Northwest dates with Xiu Xiu and tUnE yArDs.

Today, the band is excited to announce they’ll be joining the Daytrotter Barnstormers tour this spring (with Ra Ra Riot, Delta Spirit, Nathaniel Rateliff and Free Energy) before hitting the Midwest and east coast with Frog Eyes and Beach Fossils this June.

In anticipation of these upcoming dates, we’re happy to give you a sneak peak of the tremendous, confident and delicate debut full length, Pearly Gate Music (May 18th / Barsuk Records) with a link to one of the album standouts, “Big Escape”.  (For those of you that love the wax, a limited-edition “Big Escape” 7” single (with album outtake “Sleeping with Bears” on the b-side) is in-stores already).

Download Pearly Gate Music’s “Big Escape” from Pearly Gate Music [Barsuk Records]

Pearly Gate Music is a brilliant live band.

Daytrotter Barnstormers Tour:
(w/ Ra Ra Riot, Delta Spirit, Nathaniel Rateliff, Free Energy)

4/27 – West Liberty, IA
4/28 – Milwaukee, WI
4/29 – Lake Geneva, WI
4/30 – Monticello, IL
5/1 – Maquoketa, IA

Full tour dates:

3/23 – Olympia, WA @ Northern +
3/24 – Portland, OR @ Holocene +
6/10 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry *
6/11 – Madison, WI @ Frequency *
6/12 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas *
6/13 – Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room *
6/15 – Toronto, ON @ Music Gallery Courtyard *
6/16 – Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks *
6/17 – Montreal, QB @ Il Motore *
6/18 -  Cambridge, MA @ Middle East *
6/19 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge *^
6/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie *^
6/23 – Washington, DC @ DC 9 *^
6/24 – Columbus, OH @ Summit *
6/25 – Bloomington, IN @ Bishop *

+ w/ Xiu Xiu, tUnE yArDs
* w/ Frog Eyes
^ w/ Beach Fossils

For More Information:

http://www.myspace.com/pearlygatemusic

http://www.barsuk.com/

Motion City Soundtrack is coming to a town near you.

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