Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Music News and New Music For June 19th, 2013

So of course, when running your own blog solo it can be tough to keep up with the s**tload of stuff that comes across our ears over a weekend!  Some good, some bad, some not even worth mentioning.  I guess that's how I use AFGM in general.  These articles that I go through everyday from various sites (Blabbermouth,. Bravewords, CBC, National Post, AV Club, Music News, MissInfo, Billboard, Rolling Stone, etc.) and sort of "filter" some of the nonsense news such as the latest fashion design, who's got beef with who and who ISN'T doing music...still.

These articles brought forth are for a few different reasons:

1. It is relevant music information that pertains to you as a reader, no matter the level of intent or the genre.

2. They are relevant to the music I would be currently listening to or a genre I have put some attention and focus on.

3. I am somewhat patriotic about my Canadian music, so that always comes as a first for me.  I enjoy music from all parts of the world respectively, but I still have to promote local if I can.  Canadian music rocks!

4. Because it's humourous and we can ALWAYS use a good laugh.  Rarely will it be at someone's expense...but then again I am just the guy talking about it.  They're the ones causing the comments.

So in closing, I trust you all will not read EVERY single article posted here.  But I hope you find something of use here and keep the conversation going by forwarding it onto someone else.  Click on each article heading for redirection to the full article.  Cheers!



NXNE 2013 - Five things we learned at Ludacris:

David Rockne Corrigan caught Ludacris, Joey Bada$$, and Smif N’ Wessun on Sunday night at Yonge Dundas Square. He wishes he had gone to see Laurie Anderson instead.

Check out the photo gallery here.

(photo courtesy of Matthew Braga)


FLYLEAF - New Song Featuring P.O.D. Frontman Available For Streaming:




Toronto's ALL CAPS! Island Festival Gets Rich Aucoin, the Blow, Shotgun Jimmie, Beliefs for Final Instalment: 



Jay-Z announces new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail; plans to give out 1 million free copies to Samsung Galaxy users:




"For an artist whose album release is an event in itself ... they carry with them a much wider profile in the marketplace that they speak to, so their audience and all the things that they do affords these unique opportunities." -Jim Donio (president of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers)


Andrew W.K. Attempting to Break World Record for Longest-Ever Drum Session:

"Substances -- they all have their values and should be respected and appreciated and used as one chooses to do so. But ... it's more a mindset. And a sense of urgency that's actually increased the older I've gotten. For whatever reason, the way that things have been arranged here by the gods is that you get this amount of time to exist in this form, and you don't know how much time -- it could end at any moment. So you really want to make the most of it. It's wanting not to be lazy. And,more importantly, to take advantage of every single second you have, be grateful for it and celebrate it. That's the party mindset: to celebrate being alive." -W.K.


Matthew Good Heads Across Canada on North American Fall Tour:


7/6 Bala, ON - The Kee
7/9 Windsor, ON - The Loop
7/11 St Catharines, ON - Barracuda Pretty
7/12 Ottawa, ON - Bluesfest
7/13 Victoria, BC - Rock the Shores
9/24 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
9/25 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
9/27 San Francisco, CA - Café Du Nord
9/28 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Theatre
9/29 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10/1 Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Arts/Piper Theatre
10/4 Chicago, IL - Double Door
10/7 Cleveland, OH - Cambridge Room @ House of Blues
10/8 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
10/10 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
10/11 Brighton, MA - Brighton Music Hall
10/12 Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre
10/14 Belleville, ON - The Empire Theatre
10/16 Moncton, NB - The Centre at Casino New Brunswick
10/17 Saint John, NB - Imperial Theatre
10/18 Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
10/19 Fredericton, NB - Boyce Farmers Market
10/21 Brockville, ON - Brockville Arts Centre
10/22 Peterborough, ON - Showplace Theatre
10/24 Kingston, ON - Grand Theatre
10/25 Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Place Theatre
10/28 Barrie, ON - Georgian Theatre
10/29 Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square
10/30 London, ON - London Music Hall
11/1 Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
11/2 Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
11/4 Parry Sound, ON - Charles W. Stockey Centre
11/5 Thunder Bay, ON - Crocks
11/7 Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
11/8 Saskatoon, SK - The Odeon Events Centre
11/9 Lloydminster, AB - The Kooler
11/10 Regina, SK - Pure Ultra Lounge/Pure East Room
11/13 Medicine Hat, AB - Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre
11/14 Edmonton, AB - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
11/15 Calgary, AB - Epcor Centre's Jack Singer Concert Hall
11/16 Calgary, AB - Epcor Centre's Jack Singer Concert Hall
11/18 Banff, AB - Eric Harvie Theatre at The Banff Centre
11/19 Lethbridge, AB - Average Joe's
11/21 Cranbrook, BC - Key City Theatre
11/22 Penticton, BC - South Okanagan Events Centre
11/23 Courtenay, BC - Sid Williams Theatre
11/25 Nanaimo, BC - Port Theatre
11/28 Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre


Die Antwoord's Icky 'Cookie Thumper' Video Packs a Painful Surprise Ending:




Stream Palms' Debut LP, Dream-Metal From Deftones' Chino Moreno and Most of Isis:

"Palms is a cinematic alt-metal supergroup combining 60 percent of post-rock dream weavers Isis (drummer Aaron Harris, bassist Jeff Caxide, and keyboardist Clifford Meyer), and the cloudgazing, dreamy, hyper-romantic vocals of Deftones frontman Chino Moreno."


Sync or Swim: Moby Opens Vaults to Independent Filmmakers, for Free:



"mobygratis.com is a resource for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.

Moby has made a selection of over 150 tracks from his huge catalog of music available to licence for free, via a simple online application system. The catalog tracks from Destroyed, Wait For Me, Hotel, 18 and Play, along with a host of remixes and unreleased tracks."


Death Division Debut New Song “All Hope Is Lost”:





Ministry Detail 'From Beer to Eternity,' Reveal New Live DVD and Al Jourgensen Biography:

"We have never, in the history of Ministry, ever had a tracking session like that before. Everything went so smoothly, it was surreal. And Mikey was so on fire and inspired, and really a driving force for this record." -Jourgensen


Butcher Babies Premiere New Track “The Deathsurround”:




Saves the Day Announce North American Tour, Share Single Ahead of New Album Release: 



9/4 Pomona, CA - Glass House
9/5 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
9/7 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
9/8 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
9/10 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
9/11 Denver, CO - Marquis
9/12 Kansas City, MO - Granada
9/13 Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights
9/14 Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose
9/17 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
9/18 Columbus, OH - Skully's
9/19 Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
9/20 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
9/21 Syracuse, NY - Lost Horizon
9/22 Toronto, ON - Hoxton
9/24 Boston, MA - The Paradise
9/26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/27 Philadelphia, PA -Union Transfer
9/28 Sayreville, NJ - Starland
9/29 Washington, DC - Black Cat
9/30 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10/2 Jacksonville, FL - Roc Bar
10/3 St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre
10/4 Orlando, FL - The Social
10/5 Atlanta, GA - The Loft
10/6 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
10/8 Austin, TX - The Belmont
10/9 Dallas, TX - Trees
10/11 Scottsdale, AZ - Martini Ranch
10/12 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10/13 San Diego, CA - The Irenic


METALLICA - Official Video Recap Of 'Orion Music + More' Show, Meet-And-Greet, Tuning-Room Jam:




MOTÖRHEAD - New Album Title:

"MOTÖRHEAD has set "Aftershock" as the title of its new album, tentatively due in September."



Check out snippets of Five Finger Death Punch's new album "The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell":


More can be found over at iRock Ent. YouTube channel.


ALICE IN CHAINS - 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here' Album Sampler Posted Online:

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