Monday, September 16, 2013

Music News and New Music For September 16th, 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!



Toronto's Intervals are heading back to the studio in November:

"We're excited as all hell to head back into the studio in November!"


Paul McCartney Reveals Tracklisting and Producer List for 'New' Album:

1. Save Us (produced by Paul Epworth)
2. Alligator (produced by Mark Ronson)
3. On My Way to Work (produced by Giles Martin)
4. Queenie Eye (produced by Paul Epworth)
5. Early Days (produced by Ethan Johns)
6. New (produced by Mark Ronson)
7. Appreciate (produced by Giles Martin)
8. Everybody Out There (produced by Giles Martin)
9. Hosanna (produced by Ethan Johns)
10. I Can Bet (produced by Giles Martin)
11. Looking At Her (produced by Giles Martin)
12. Road (produced by Giles Martin)

"It's funny, when I play people the album they're surprised it's me.  A lot of the tracks are quite varied and not necessarily in a style you'd recognise as mine. I didn't want it to all sound the same. I really enjoyed making this album. It's always great to get a chance to get into the studio with a bunch of new songs and I was lucky to work with some very cool producers. We had a lot of fun." -McCartney


Laid-back Jack Johnson addresses critics ahead of album release:

"I'm kind of in that generation right before the new one that's always on the phone.

I don't find myself reading too much of that stuff, and if I did I probably would be too self-absorbed and get too insecure about it and not continue. It'd be hard if I was up to speed with all the criticism. The nice thing is that ignorance is bliss." -Johnson


Russian Circles Streaming “Memorial” Title Track, Chelsea Wolfe Guests:




Bob Dylan opens the vault to reveal a series of hits and misses:

"It goes on, hits and misses among the odds and sods. And, really, that’s just fine. Maybe Self Portrait should never have been issued as an album proper in the first place. Within a rarities collection it has found its true calling, which was to someday answer a question: What else was Bob Dylan up to in 1970?"


Meet the conductor taking up the baton in Calgary:

“That was the first time I realized grown men and women could make a living doing this.” -Johnson


Fans sleuth out Arcade Fire’s secret show in Montreal:

“It puts an enormous stress on you as a fan when you find out in the morning there’s a concert on your way to work and you know there are only 100 places and you have to leave work and find an excuse to give to your boss.” -James Lynch (fan)


Black Sabbath Readying New Live DVD “Gathered In Their Masses”:




The Beatles Officially Unveil 'Live at the BBC Volume 2':

"On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 will arrive on 180-gram vinyl, as well as CD and digitally, and the physical editions include a 48 page booklet with rare photos and an introduction from McCartney. The release follows 1994's Live at the BBC."

Disc One:

1. And Here We Are Again (Speech)
2. Words Of Love
3. How About It, Gorgeous? (Speech)
4. Do You Want To Know A Secret
5. Lucille
6. Hey, Paul… (Speech)
7. Anna (Go To Him)
8. Hello! (Speech)
9. Please Please Me
10. Misery
11. I'm Talking About You
12. A Real Treat (Speech)
13. Boys
14. Absolutely Fab (Speech)
15. Chains
16. Ask Me Why
17. Till There Was You
18. Lend Me Your Comb
19. Lower 5e (Speech)
20. The Hippy Hippy Shake
21. Roll Over Beethoven
22. There's A Place
23. Bumper Bundle (Speech)
24. P.S. I Love You
25. Please Mister Postman
26. Beautiful Dreamer
27. Devil In Her Heart
28. The 49 Weeks (Speech)
29. Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
30. Never Mind, Eh? (Speech)
31. Twist And Shout
32. Bye, Bye (Speech)
33. John - Pop Profile (Speech)
34. George - Pop Profile (Speech)

Disc Two:

1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Glad All Over
3. Lift Lid Again (Speech)
4. I'll Get You
5. She Loves You
6. Memphis, Tennessee
7. Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club
8. Now Hush, Hush (Speech)
9. From Me To You
10. Money (That's What I Want)
11. I Want To Hold Your Hand
12. Brian Bathtubes (Speech)
13. This Boy
14. If I Wasn't In America (Speech)
15. I Got A Woman
16. Long Tall Sally
17. If I Fell
18. A Hard Job Writing Them (Speech)
19. And I Love Her
20. Oh, Can't We? Yes We Can (Speech)
21. You Can't Do That
22. Honey Don't
23. I'll Follow The Sun
24. Green With Black Shutters (Speech)
25. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
26. That's What We're Here For (Speech)
27. I Feel Fine (Studio Outtake)
28. Paul - Pop Profile (Speech)
29. Ringo - Pop Profile (Speech)


Sound Pioneer Ray Dolby Dies at 80:


"Today we lost a friend, mentor and true visionary." -Kevin Yeaman (President and CEO of Dolby Laboratories)


First-Ever 'Global Rock Summit' Announced:

"Some of the US and international participants already confirmed to participate at the Global Rock Summit include: AJ Maddah - Founder & Promoter of the “Soundwave” festival (recently voted the No.1 most influential person in the Australian music business); Andy Copping - Agent/Promoter, “Download Festival UK”/Live Nation; Andy Gould - Founder, Spectacle Group (worldwide manager Rob Zombie); Billy Anderson - CEO, Team Rock; Rob McDermott - Founder & CEO, Mad Mac Entertainment; Chris Ingham - Head of Publishing, Team Rock - Publisher of Metal Hammer/Classic Rock Magazines; Jim Morewood - Owner, E.G.O. Booking Agency; Jordan Berliant - Partner, The Collective (worldwide manager Linkin Park); Mandar Thakur - CEO, Times Music, India; Michael Chugg - Founder & CEO, Chugg Entertainment (AC/DC, Coldplay, Radiohead); Mike Walsh - Deputy Program Director & Head Of Music Xfm (UK); Ron Burman - President, North America, Mascot Label Group and Steve Strange - Partner/Agent, X-ray Touring (The Offspring, Megadeth, Will.I.Am) with many more to be unveiled in the coming weeks."


ALICE COOPER Featured In Satirical Video Commercial For FRETLIGHT GUITAR:




A$AP Rocky Axed from York University Concert over Assault Charges:

"The A$AP Rocky performance at the YorkFest Concert, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 18, has been cancelled after the York Federation of Students Board of Directors learned of allegations of an assault against a woman that are currently before a U.S. court. The Board of Directors has decided that this event cannot proceed until this matter is resolved.  This decision should not be construed as suggesting that the YFS has any knowledge of the incident, or has a view on the innocence or guilt of the artist. 

The cancellation of an event, which has been painstakingly planned for months, is a difficult decision for the YFS.  We apologize to our members who planned to attend the event and are trying to organize another concert for next week. We invite you to the many events planned for YorkFest this year."


William Shatner to 'Ponder the Mystery' on New Prog-Tinged Concept Album:

"Ponder the Mystery" track listing:

1. Red Shift

2. Where It s Gone...I Don t Know

3. Manhunt

4. Ponder The Mystery

5. So Am I

6. Change

7. Sunset

8. Twilight

9. Rhythm Of The Night

10. Imagine Things

11. Do You See?

12. Deep Down

13. I'm Alright, I Think

14. Where Does Time Go?

15. Alive

"I think that prog rock is the science fiction of music.  Science fiction speculates on what the future might be and look like and how we'll get there, and yet there's always a central theme of humanity, or there should be. Progressive rock has the same concept of exploration into the parts of the music world that hasn't been explored." -Shatner


The Used Premiere “Thought Criminal” Music Video:




Linkin Park Enlist Pusha T, Rick Rubin & More For “Living Things” Remix Album “Recharged”:

“After Reanimation I told many people I would never put together another album of remixes…but as I began to hear all the amazing reinterpretations of Living Things, I had to change my mind. The result, Recharged, is definitely worth it. I can’t wait for you guys to hear this amazing project, with contributions by Pusha T, Datsik, KillSonik, Bun B, Money Mark, and others. Our new song with Steve Aoki, A Light That Never Comes is on the album as well, plus a special remix of the new song by the inimitable Rick Rubin.

Enjoy the music,

- Mike"



1 – “A Light That Never Comes” (Linkin Park X Steve Aoki)
2 – “Castle Of Glass” (M. Shinoda Remix)
3 – “Lost In The Echo” (Killsonik Remix)
4 – “Victimized” (M. Shinoda Remix)
5 – “I’ll Be Gone” (Vice Remix) (feat. Pusha T)
6 – “Lies Greed Misery” (Dirtyphonics Remix)
7 – “Roads Untraveled” (Rad Omen Remix) (feat. Bun B)
8 – “Powerless” (Enferno Remix)
9 – “Burn It Down” (Tom Swoon Remix)
10 – “Until It Breaks” (Datsik Remix)
11 – “Skin To Bone” (Nick Catchdubs Remix) (feat. Cody B. Ware And Ryu)
12 – “I’ll Be Gone” (Schoolboy Remix)
13 – “Until It Breaks” (Money Mark Headphone Remix)
14 – “A Light That Never Comes” (Rick Rubin Reboot)
15 – “Burn It Down” (Paul Van Dyk Remix) (bonus track)


Stray From The Path Preview New Album “Anonymous”:




Sepultura Announce "Tsunami of Metal" North American Tour with Unearth, Kataklysm, Anciients:

"More than ever we are robotized, through the worldwide web, Google glasses, chips under our skins and the globalized slavery our society suffers nowadays.  The phrase [The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart] points to the heart as being the human factor who keeps a man, a man, not a robot. The heart beats with freedom of choice, we have to think by ourselves to create a real world, not a matrix." -Andreas Kisser

11/01 Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues *

11/02 Ramona, CA - Ramona Mainstage *

11/03 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom *

11/04 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
11/07 Minneapolis, MN - Skyway Theater *
11/08 Sauget, IL - Pops Nightclub #

11/09 Detroit, MI - Harpo's #
11/10 Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center #

11/11 Chicago, IL - House Of Blues #
11/13 Springfield, VA - Empire #

11/14 Worcester, MA - Palladium #
11/15 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theater #
11/16 Montreal, QC - Metropolis #

11/17 Reading, PA - Reverb #
11/18 New York, NY - Gramercy Theater #

11/20 Orlando, FL - Beacham Theater #
11/21 Miami, FL - Grand Central #

11/23 Ft. Worth, TX - Queen City Music Hall #
11/24 Austin, TX - Emo's East #

* with Unearth, Kataklysm, Scar The Martyr, Dark Sermon
# with Unearth, Kataklysm, Anciients, Dark Sermon


Vildhjarta Launch Official Stream Of New Song “Dimman”:




Lamb Of God Re-Mix & Remaster “As The Palaces Burn” For 10th Anniversary Edition:

“We are lucky to have the opportunity, a decade after our first attempt, to bring what I consider to be our master work up to speed sonically. Ever since the original release we’ve been distraught about the sonic qualities of ‘As The Palaces Burn’.

The band had captured lightening in a bottle and the budget limitation of a sophomore album turned our lightening into a firefly in a jar. The songs are undeniable and we’ve always been very proud of how this album launched our career. It feels appropriate to revisit now that we can and give this very special album the chance to reach our original hopes and it’s true potential.” -Chris Adler


Sirens & Sailors Debut New Song “Straightjacket”, Set October Release For New Album:



Catch them on tour this fall as well with...

With Oh, Sleeper:
09/22 Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz
09/24 Columbus, Oh – Skully’s Music Diner
09/26 Nashville, TN – Rocketown – White Building
09/27 Chattanooga, TN – The Warehouse Venue
09/28 Macon, GA – The 567 w/ Gideon
09/29 Richmond, VA – Kingdom
09/30 Trenton, NJ – Championship
10/01 Elmira, NY – The Southside Slammer (with Gideon only)

With Horizons, Us From Outside and Of Reverie:
10/02 Belleville, ON – Belle Pub
10/03 Kingston, ON – Bar 53
10/04 Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
10/05 Quebec City, QC – L’Agitte
10/06 Ottawa, ON – Maverick’s
10/08 Hamilton, ON – Club Absinthe
10/09 Toronto, ON – Hard Luck Bar
10/10 St. Catharines, ON – Coco Cabana

With Ice Nine Kills, Last Words, Erra, Chasing Safety:
11/01 Rochester, NY – Water Street Club
11/02 Lemoyne, PA – The Champ
11/03 Pittsburgh, PA – Gator’s
11/04 Detroit, MI – Crofoot Pike Room
11/05 Joliet, IL – Mojoe’s
11/07 Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom
11/08 San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
11/09 Austin, TX – Dirty Dog
11/10 Dallas, TX – Sons Of Hermann
11/11 Houston, TX – Walters
11/12 Douglasville, GA – The Seven Venue
11/13 Virginia Beach, VA – Shakas
11/14 Allentown, PA – Croc Roc
11/15 Stanhope, NJ – Stanhope House
11/16 New York, NY – Santos Party House
11/17 Hartford, CT – Websters Underground


Volumes Stream New Song “Vahle”:




NIGHTWISH: 'Showtime, Storytime' DVD, Blu-Ray Details Revealed:

1. Dark Chest Of Wonders
2. Wish I Had An Angel
3. She Is My Sin
4. Ghost River
5. Ever Dream
6. Storytime
7. I Want My Tears Back
8. Nemo
9. Last Of The Wilds
10. Bless The Child
11. Romanticide
12. Amaranth
13. Ghost Love Score
14. Song Of Myself
15. Last Ride Of The Day
16. Outro (Imaginaerum)

"Showtime, Storytime" will be released on November 29th, 2013 via Nuclear Blast Records. "Showtime, Storytime" will be released as a limited 2Blu-ray + 2CD digipack, limited 2DVD + 2CD digipack, limited 2CD digipack, 2LP (colored) in gatefold and an exclusive Nuclear Blast mailorder edition.


Cult Of Luna Streaming New EP “Vertikal II”:



"Vertikal II" will be released on September 17th, 2013 via Density Records.


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