Monday, July 15, 2013

Music News and New Music For July 15th, 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,. CBC, National Post, AV Club, Exclaim, Music News, 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!



Stone Temple Pilots To Release New EP:


"In an effort to take control of the way they will be delivering new music in the future, STP will release the upcoming EP via their own label, with distribution through ADA (Alternative Distribution Alliance).

'We’re very ambitious about the future of making music.  The process and intention of creating it is so much more gratifying.' -Robert DeLeo"


Toronto choral group visits Mandela hospital:

"I think we will lose an incredibly gifted leader and the person who has had a huge impact in such a positive way on bringing this country together and in choosing a path of reconciliation when he came to power, to truly try to unite all people in the country. We will loose a great, great, great man." -Wendy Hannam


Arcade Fire Tweet New Album Release Date:


"Our new album will be out October 29th."


Justin Timberlake Drops 'Take Back the Night,' From the Next '20/20 Experience':

"I originally recorded a massive amount of material and decided on the 20 tracks that I wanted on the album over a year ago.  But, when I was mixing and going through all of the songs there were so many that I loved – I couldn't resist. . . . I had to throw in something extra on the 2nd half." -Timberlake




John Legend Unveils 'Love in the Future' Tracklisting, Artwork:


1. Love in the Future (Intro)
2. The Beginning…
3. Open Your Eyes
4. Made to Love
5. Who Do We Think We Are (ft. Rick Ross)
6. All of Me
7. Hold on Longer
8. Save the Night
9. Tomorrow
10. What If I Told You? (Interlude)
11. Dreams
12. Wanna Be Loved
13. Angel (Interlude) (ft. Stacy Barthe)
14. You & I (Nobody in the World)
15. Asylum
16. Caught Up
17. So Gone *
18. We Loved It (ft. Seal) *
19. Aim High *
20. For the First Time *

"Love In The Future" will be released on September 3rd, 2013 via G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia


ALICE IN CHAINS - Pro-Shot Footage Of DOWNLOAD Festival Performance:



JASON BONHAM - 'My Dream Is To Do The Hologram Drum Solo With Dad Next To Me':

"It's imperative that I continue putting together the best shows and take it to the next level. I'm talking to people about holograms, and my dream is to do the hologram drum solo with dad next to me." -Bonham


Andrew Stockdale Resurrects Wolfmother Name:

"Hello Everyone,

We are ecstatic to announce we (Wolfmother) will be playing at The Troubadour on Monday night in Los Angeles California USA! Come one come all ! This is our first show in the USA in 3 years, it will be a spectacular......! More info coming soon..." -Wolfmother


Cassette Culture to Be Explored in New Documentary Featuring Henry Rollins, Daniel Johnston, Ian MacKaye:




Synth-pop band OMD lures fans with past hits and new music:

"That is a dangerous thing — to have a new album when you've not made any music together for a number of years and you know that the new songs that you're writing are going to be compared to what people considered to be your classics." -Paul Humphreys


Rapper Coolio cancels Canadian shows after border snub:

"He hasn't had a problem getting in anywhere else. Like I've taken him to the U.K., Australia, Russia, he hasn't had any problem getting into those countries. And I mean recent.  He's been coming in and out of Canada for the past 15 years. Now this old charge is an issue, you guys never made a big deal about it before." -Blair Bryson


Pearl Jam Announce 'Lightning Bolt' Album:


"Pearl Jam will release their much-anticipated tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on October 15, 2013 in the US. Internationally, the album will be released on October 14, 2013 and distributed by Universal Music Group International."




Atoms for Peace Pull Music From Spotify:

"The reason is that new artists get paid fuck all with this model. It's an equation that just doesn't work.  The music industry is being taken over by the back door and if we don't try and make it fair for new music producers and artists then the art will suffer. Make no mistake. These are all the same old industry bods trying to get a stranglehold on the delivery system. . . . Plus people are scared to speak up or not take part as they are told they will lose invaluable exposure if they don't play ball. Meanwhile millions of streams gets them a few thousand dollars. Not like radio at all." -Nigel Godrich


Gov't Mule announce their new album "Shout:


Shout! – Gov’t Mule’s first studio album in four years – will feature 11 tracks recorded by the band in Los Angeles and Stamford, CT plus a bonus disc featuring an all-star lineup of vocalists interpreting The Mule’s new songs. Special guests Elvis Costello, Ben Harper, Dr. John, Toots Hibbert, Glenn Hughes, Jim James, Myles Kennedy, Dave Matthews, Grace Potter, Vintage Trouble’s Ty Taylor and Steve Winwood appear on Disc 2 of Shout! The double album – which marks Gov’t Mule’s Blue Note Records debut – will be released on September 24.


An essential summertime song list

Do you have an essential playlist for the summer?  Are there tunes that are an absolute MUST while sipping on a cool drink on the patio?


VOLBEAT'S 'Lola Montez' Performance Video Released:



"It's a new vibe for VOLBEAT.  You've got everything — the rockabilly stuff, the melodies, the ultra-heavy stuff, the Western motifs and the big rock songs. It's everything that VOLBEAT are all about, but taken even further." -Poulsen


Senses Fail heading out on tour with For The Fallen Dreams, Expire, and Being As An Ocean:

10/04 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
10/05 Fresno, CA – Strummer’s
10/06 Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock CafĂ© on the Strip
10/08 Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
10/09 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
10/10 Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
10/11 Burnsville, MN – The Garage
10/12 Joliet, IL – Mojoe’s
10/13 St Louis, MO – Firebird
10/15 Louisville, KY -Headliners Music Hall
10/16 Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
10/17 Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theatre
10/18 Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
10/19 Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
10/20 Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room
10/22 West Chester, PA – The Note
10/23 Pawtucket, RI – The Met
10/24 Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
10/25 Washington, DC – Black Cat
10/26 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom (feat. The Acacia Strain)
10/27 Patchogue, NY – The Emporium (feat. The Acacia Strain)
10/29 Greensboro, NC – Greene Street Club
10/30 Wilmington, NC – Ziggy’s By The Sea
10/31 Jacksonville, FL – Roc Bar
11/01 Pensacola, FL – The Handlebar
11/02 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
11/03 Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s
11/05 San Antonio, TX – Korova
11/06 Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe
11/08 Tucson, AZ – The Rock
11/09 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
11/10 West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour


American Head Charge Streaming New EP “Shoot”:


The EP will be released on July 23rd, 2013.


A Life Once Lost Call It Quits:

Q: Is this the first time you’re speaking about the band break-up to the press?

A: "This is the first time. It’s not easy to talk about because it’s still so fresh. You do something for such a long time, it ends and you’re just kinda like…shit. What now? It’s wild.  Ending it, to me, is like being released from prison. I have to step out into the world and find myself again. All I knew was getting in a van, sleeping on floors and playing shows at shitty bars for 14 years. But, at the same time, I wouldn’t have changed anything.  While I was on the road, all my friends were going to school, becoming teachers and doctors, having kids…all that. I’m really envious. But, the stories I have are pretty awesome.  It’s really hard to NOT do something that you’ve trained yourself to do, for so long. It’s hard to break habits like that."


Counterparts Streaming New Single “Witness”:

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