Motionless In White have announced a fall U.S. tour. Dayseeker, The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Divine will serve as support.
Tour Dates:
10/30 Worcester, MA – DCU Center
10/31 Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena (‘Apocalypse Fest‘)
11/03 Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
11/04 Savannah, GA – VyStar Pavilion
11/05 Orlando, FL – Kia Center
11/07 Nashville, TN – The Truth
11/08 Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena
11/10 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
11/11 Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
11/13 Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
11/15 Albany, NY – MVP Arena
11/18 Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena
11/19 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
11/20 Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
Motionless In White commented:
“Both legs will debut a brand new show, brand new songs, and bring in plenty of classic favorites. And oh yeah… we may be playing some REALLY old songs exclusively at Apocalypse Fest too. It is our 20-year anniversary after all.”
Date for the first leg of the tour with Lorna Shore, Fit For A King and Static Dress can be found HERE.
Silly Goose have announced a North American tour with Cheem. Hotbox and MUTTLEE will also serve as support on select dates.
Tour Dates:
09/16 Greenville, SC – Poe Mill Music
09/19 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
With Hotbox:
09/20 St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House
09/22 Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head
09/23 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
09/24 Dallas, TX – RBC Deep Ellum
09/26 Denver, CO – Marquis THeater
09/27 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
09/29 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
09/30 Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge
10/02 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock (Silly Goose only)
10/06 Seattle, WA – The Funhouse
Silly Goose:
10/07 Vancouver, BC – The Fox Cabaret
10/09 Edmonton, AB – The Buckingham
10/10 Calgary, AB – Modern Love
With Muttlee:
10/13 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
10/14 Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade
10/15 Chicago, IL – Subterranean
10/17 Nashville, TN – Ceremony Fest (Silly Goose only)
10/18 Indianapolis, IN – Hoosier Dome
10/20 Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s (no Cheem)
10/22 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
10/23 Detroit, MI – Lager House
10/24 Pittsburgh, PA – Presevering Underground
10/27 Toronto, ON – The Dance Cave
10/28 Montreal, QC – Foufs
10/30 Lowell, MA – Taffetta Music Hall (no Cheem)
11/01 Philadelphia, PA – Warehouse On Watts
11/03 Washington, DC – Union Stage
11/04 Raleighm NC – Kings
11/05 Birmingham, AL – Canteen At Workplay (no Cheem)
11/06 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
ERRA will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of “Drift” on a September North American tour with Vianova, Chamber, and Resolve. The shows will also feature songs from the band’s latest album “silence outlives the earth.” Here’s the dates:
09/09 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
09/10 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
09/11 Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman
09/13 Hartford, CT – Webster
09/14 Rochester, NY – Anthology
09/15 Sayreville, NJ – Starland
09/17 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
09/18 Madison, WI – Sylvee
09/19 Columbus, OH – Newport
09/21 London, ON – London Music Hall
09/22 Ottawa, ON – Bronson
09/24 Quebec City, QC – Theatre Capitol
09/26 Portland, ME – Aura
09/27 Albany, NY – Empire
Evil Island (The Blood Brothers, ex-Glassjaw, etc.) have announced a new album titled “Terraform The Afterlife.” The effort will be released on August 14 and it can be pre-ordered HERE.
“Terraform The Afterlife” Track Listing:
01. “Melted Heart” (feat. Alexis Krauss)
02. “Termantrixx” (feat. Michael Gatto)
03. “Animal“
04. “Tiger Baby“
05. “T-Hexx” (feat. Guy Picciotto)
06. “Evil Island Death Cult National Anthem“
07. “Grow Spikes“
08. “I Bought A Spell” (feat. Jordan Blilie)
09. “No Good“
10. “Moonlight Doomlight“
11. “Blinding Rage“
12. “King Death“
13. “Suicide By Cop“
Vocalist Johnny Whitney said the following:
“Evil Island was born out of the firestorm of creative energy that Cody, Mark and I felt when The Blood Brothers reunion tour ended in 2024. My brain was on fire, I was gripped with a kind of mania. I had so many ideas rattling around in my skull that if I didn’t make something new with my friends, the psychic damage probably would’ve manifested as some exotic form of cancer.
I knew our story wasn’t over. More importantly, I knew our particular strain of feral pop hardcore felt more necessary than ever given that the world is boiling in bullshit. So we wrote eleven songs, brought Ross Robinson into the fold, then Autry joined the band, and suddenly everything locked into place.
With ‘Terraform the Afterlife,’ we let Ross completely off the leash. What was supposed to be a two-week recording session turned into a five-month descent into something far bigger than we imagined. We built a musical world that’s dazzling, violent, joyful, ugly, melodic, brutal and
somehow still coherent. We put every drop of ourselves into this record. Terraform the Afterlife is the most creatively gratifying thing I’ve ever been part of, these songs will be fucked into my skull forever.”
Fugazi‘s Guy Picciotto, who guests on the record, also commented:
“Last November I got a text from Cody Votolato checking in and asking to talk on the phone. I had worked as a producer with Cody and his Blood Brothers compatriots on their last album ‘Young Machetes’ and those guys had become some of the dearest people in the world to me.
The experience of making that record was such a blast – both hilarious in terms of humor and hijinx but also hugely revitalizing to me in terms of getting to watch their musicality, their creativity and their camaraderie up close.
I had been blown away by their reunion shows the year before and had thought they were even better than ever so I was expecting Cody to maybe drop news of more shows in the offing. I certainly wasn’t expecting him to drop the bomb that he, Johnny and Mark had formed a new band with Autry and that they were already fully in deep tracking an album with Ross Robinson back in the producer saddle with them.
I was even more surprised when Cody asked if I would be up for singing back-ups on one of the tracks. Given that my general attitude vis-a-vis the Blood Brothers is that I would take a bullet for any of them, I felt like I had to at least give it a shot despite not having sung on a recording since the last Fugazi album ‘THE ARGUMENT’ back in 2002.”
A video for the album’s latest single, “Animal,” can be found below. Whitney added the following about that:
“‘Animal‘ felt enormous almost immediately. It’s the only song we’ve ever written that sounds authentically like us while also sounding like it could be blasted through the PA at a football stadium. Our pitch for the music video was basically, ‘What if ISIS started making TikTok dance videos?’ I don’t know if we achieved that, but I did get to smash a head with a sledgehammer, which feels like a good sign.”
Revocation will be hitting the road on the “20 Years Of Torment” tour this fall. Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, and Weeping will open.
Tour Dates:
09/10 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
09/11 Montreal, QC – Foufounes
09/12 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Place
09/13 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
09/15 St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar
09/16 Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
09/17 Regina, SK – The Exchange
09/18 Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
09/19 Calgary, AB – Dickens
09/20 Kelowna, BC – The Revelry
09/22 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw
09/23 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
09/24 Portland, OR – Dante’s
09/25 San Jose, CA – The Ritz
09/26 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
09/27 Mesa, AZ – Nile Underground
09/28 Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar
09/30 Denver, CO – HQ
10/01 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
10/02 Chicago, IL – Reggies
10/03 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
10/04 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving Underground
10/06 Nashville, TN – Exit/In
10/07 Asheville, NC – Eulogy
10/08 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
10/09 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/10 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Mastodon have premiered a new song titled “Your Ghost Again.” You can check that out below:
Drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor commented:
“‘Your Ghost Again’ is about when you lose somebody that’s close to you that you existed with for most of your life. When we were in the studio recording, I kept seeing Brent. I’d see him on my right holding the guitar because that’s where he’d usually be. It’s the same with my mom: I keep seeing her. I was just singing about what I was seeing, and I was seeing ghosts.
‘Your Ghost Again’ is about being in those familiar places you used to be with people, which for us is in the studio. I just kept seeing [Brent] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It’s about that: your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you’re in the places where they always were. You just see them.”
Bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders continued:
“My portion of the song, lyrically, is all about Brent, and for Brent. The bridge lyrics are two lines of pure gratitude towards Brent. It’s all the gifts from you, now you can take them back where you must go, meaning you came into my life, you exposed me to things that blew my mind, together we conquered thousands of stages around the world, had magical moments that we can never repeat again, but all the beauty that you brought it still remains, always will, and it’s just a line of gratitude because that’s important that we include Brent.”
Guitarist/vocalist Bill Kelliher added:
“We wanted to pick a song that sounds like Mastodon, and that has all the things in there, because it’s the first impression of what people are gonna hear. It speaks about things that have just happened and people passing, I could go deep but I don’t want to because a lot of that shit’s personal.”
Dailor also discussed the band’s new album:
“Hopefully this album helps everybody. Hopefully they can find some piece of it that speaks to them about it. I know Brent’s not there and it’s weird and it’s hard, and some people might be like, ‘Well I don’t wanna listen to it because Brent’s not there and I’m hurting about that’, but we are too. Big time.
It means a lot to me, and I hope that’s able to translate to our fans and people who are grieving, too. I understand that, because we never really addressed it. We just couldn’t. And to the fans I’m just sorry that I wasn’t able to be more for them when that happened, because I couldn’t. For myself, I’m still unpacking it.”
In other news, Mastodon have also announced a North American tour with Deafheaven and Alcest. Here’s the dates for that run:
09/16 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
09/18 Asheville, NC – Asheville Yards
09/19 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
09/20 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
09/22 Philadelphia, PA – Frankling Music Hall
09/23 Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues
09/24 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
09/25 Washington, DC – Anthem
09/27 Montreal, QC – MTELUS
09/28 Toronto, ON – Rebel
09/29 Buffalo, NY – Buffalo River Works
10/01 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
10/02 Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theater
10/03 Minneapolis, MN – Palace Theatre
10/06 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
10/07 Boise, ID – Revolution Center
10/09 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
10/10 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
10/11 San Diego, CA – The Sound
10/14 Denver, CO – Fillmore Plaza
10/16 Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
10/17 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
10/18 Memphis, TN – Satellite Music Hall
10/20 Cleveland, OH – Algora Ballroom
10/21 Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
10/22 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
10/24 Dallas, TX – Sick New World Texas
Castle Rat have announced a fall North American tour. Unto Others and Wraith Knight will open.
Tour Dates:
09/23 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
09/25 Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
09/26 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
09/28 Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Bomb Factory
09/30 Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater
10/01 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
10/03 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
10/06 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
10/07 Seattle, WA – The Showbox Market
10/09 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
10/10 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
10/11 Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand
10/12 Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre
10/14 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
10/15 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
10/16 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
10/17 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
10/19 Montréal, QC – Théâtre Beanfield
10/20 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
10/21 New York, NY – Webster Hall
Profanatica have announced a summer U.S. tour. Morbosidad, One Master, and Cloak will serve as support on select dates.
Tour Dates:
With One Master:
07/28 Portland, ME – Genos Rock
07/29 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar
07/30 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall
07/31 Dunbar, WV – The Shop
08/01 Lexington, KY – Green Lantern
08/02 Murfreesboro, TN – Hop Springs
With Morbosidad:
08/04 Austin, TX – Lost Well
08/05 Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theatre
08/07 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theatre Underground
08/08 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
08/09 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone
Profanatica:
08/11 Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
08/12 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
08/15 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel (feat. Agalloch)
08/17 Salt Lake City, UT – Aces High (feat. Cancerslug)
With Morbosidad:
08/18 Colorado Springs, CO – Thrashers
08/19 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
08/20 Green Bay, WI – Revelry
With Cloak and Morbosidad:
08/21 Chicago, IL – WC Social Club
08/22 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle
With Cloak:
08/23 Dayton, OH – Cosmo Joe’s
08/25 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
08/26 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
08/27 Asheville, NC – Third Room
08/28 Atlanta, GA – 529
08/29 Cape Coral, FL – Nice Guys
08/30 Orlando, FL – Conduit
08/31 Summerville, SC – Trolley Pub
09/01 Raleigh, NC – Pour House
09/02 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
09/03 Philadelphia, PA – Nikki Lopez
09/04 Wallingford, CT – Cherry St Station
09/05 Kingston, NY – Assembly
09/06 Boston, MA – Sonia
09/07 Providence, RI – Alchemy
As previously reported, guitarist Jay Torblaa recently stepped away from Balmora after being accused of grooming a minor. Now, bassist Danny Cuneo has further commented on the situation:
“I said this shit. Band is nuked. Don’t real fuck with all this weirdo shit, My fault slimes, I’m out. I started this shit years ago with my homie Brandon [Antoniak] kinda just turned into a shitty monster of a band. Don’t fuck with people using their bands to act weird talking to those who are younger/vulnerable.”
Violet Grohl, the daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, has premiered a new video for her song “Bug In The Cake.” That track is from her recently released album “Be Sweet To Me.”
In other news, Violet has also announced a summer/fall tour. Here’s the dates:
08/19 Berlin, GER – Mikropol
08/20 Cologne, GER Artheater
08/25 Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institute
08/26 Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
09/01 London, UK – The Camden Assembly
09/04 Paris, FRA – La Maroquinerie
09/16 Milwaukee, WI – Rave Bar
09/22 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
09/24 Boston, MA – Crystal Ballroom
10/22 Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre
10/23 Portland, OR – Star Theater
10/25 Seattle, WA – Barboza
10/27 San Francisco, CA – Popscene at Rickshaw Stop
10/29 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
11/13 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
11/14 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
11/17 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
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