MTV Buzzworthy Featured Band OCEAN GROVE Announce Co-Headlining US Tour With Voxhaul Broadcast & Special Guest!

Posted in Artist Watch, News with tags , , , on September 21, 2011 by Randy

Announce South American Tour with Nick Jonas!

 Purchase ‘Another Place To Stay’, here: http://bit.ly/mFqRbS

 Watch “I Want You In Love” official music video: http://youtu.be/3Jyo0mfWKe4

 Ocean Grove, NJ – September 20, 2011 – New Jersey pop-rock band, Ocean Grove, just released their EP, Another Place To Stay, to great success during summer 2011. The band is currently preparing to extensively hit the road on two tours. First up, a 10-date, South American tour opening for their good friend and musical collaborator, Nick Jonas. Once the band makes it back to the states they’ll be embarking on a co-headlining tour alongside Voxhaul Broadcast with very special guest Robert Schwartzman, vocalist of Rooney (all tour dates below). For more information, please visit: www.oceangroveband.com

Bands come together in various ways, usually by chance meetings, Craigslist ads, or music class- but few can say their lineup was created after sharing the experience of playing in a backing band for one of the biggest bands in the world. After touring the globe and enjoying some of the greatest times of their lives, John Taylor (vocals/guitar), Ryan Liestman (keys/backing vocals), Greg Garbowsky(bass/backing vocals), Jack Lawless (drums) decided it was time to start their own project, one that would see them develop a truly unique rock n’ roll sound – Ocean Grove.

Once Ocean Grove finished their tour commitments, they were ready to record their first EP Little Record. In Spring 2010, they spent time in LA writing with various co-writers, but once recorded, the band knew the EP wasn’t the exact direction they had hoped to take. They packed up and went back to the East coast- to Ocean Grove, New Jersey.

There, the band shacked up in a beautiful Victorian home near the ocean to focus on a real and more rock n’ roll sound. After recording 14 songs in two weeks, Ocean Grove finally felt they had come into their own. The EP, Another Place to Stay, mixed by Paul Hager (Van Halen, Goo Goo Dolls, American Hi-Fi) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys) is an EP filled with feel good songs pulling from their greatest influences such as The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, and Weezer. The inspiration for the EP came from years of experiences and all the little things life throws our way.

The band is proud of all their past accomplishments like having played with acts such as Stevie Wonder, Brad PaiselyVince Gill and performing on over 50 television shows, but Ocean Grove is ready to continue something truly special and all their own, just like their bond as a band. With their new EP, and positive outlook on all that’s to come, they are ready for just about anything.

For more information on Ocean Grove, please visit www.oceangroveband.com

Tour Dates w/Nick Jonas:

9/21      Via Fuchnal                                Sao, Paolo Brazil

9/22      HSBC Arena                              Rio de Janerio, Brazil

9/23      Chevrolet Hall                            Belo Horizonte, Brazil

9/25      Master Hall                                Curitiba, Brazil

9//27     Pepsi On Stage                         Porto Alegre, Brazil

9/29      Jockey Club                               Asuncion, Paraguay

10/1      GEBA                                        Buenos Aires, Argentina

10/2      Orfeo Superdome                      Cordoba, Argentina

10/8      Centro Sambil                            Caracas, Venezuela

10/11    SMG Theatre                              San Juan, Puerto Rico

Tour Dates w/Voxhaul Broadcast:

10/20    El Corazon                                 Seattle, WA

10/21    Backspace Café                         Portland, OR

10/22    Great American Music Hall          San Francisco, CA

10/23    Troubadour                                 Los Angeles, CA

10/24    Bar Pink                                     San Diego, CA

10/25    Hard Rock Café                         Phoenix, AZ

10/26    Skrappy’s                                  Tucson, AZ

10/28    Red 7                                        Austin, TX

10/29    White Rabbit                              San Antonio, TX

10/30    HOB – Cambridge                       Dallas, TX

11/1      Vinyl                                          Atlanta, GA

11/3      Jammin Java                             Vienna, VA

11/4      Soapbox Lounge                       Wilmington, NC

11/6      Space                                        Hamden, CT

11/8      TT The Bears                             Boston, MA

11/9      The Note                                   Philadelphia, PA

11/10    Studio at Webster Hall               New York, NY

11/11    Mohawk                                     Buffalo, NY

11/12    AE                                             Pittsburgh, PA

11/14    Grog Shop                                 Cleveland, OH

11/16    A&R                                           Columbus, OH

11/17    Crofoot Ballroom                         Pontiac, MI

11/18    Bottom Lounge                          Chicago, IL

11/20    Station 4                                    Minneapolis, MN

11/22    Bluebird                                     Denver, CO

11/23    Kilby Court                                 Salt Lake City, UT

MTV Buzzworthy Featured Band OCEAN GROVE Announce Co-Headlining US Tour With Voxhaul Broadcast & Special Guest!

Posted in Artist Watch, News with tags , , , on September 21, 2011 by Randy

Announce South American Tour with Nick Jonas!

 Purchase ‘Another Place To Stay’, here: http://bit.ly/mFqRbS

 Watch “I Want You In Love” official music video: http://youtu.be/3Jyo0mfWKe4

 Ocean Grove, NJ – September 20, 2011 – New Jersey pop-rock band, Ocean Grove, just released their EP, Another Place To Stay, to great success during summer 2011. The band is currently preparing to extensively hit the road on two tours. First up, a 10-date, South American tour opening for their good friend and musical collaborator, Nick Jonas. Once the band makes it back to the states they’ll be embarking on a co-headlining tour alongside Voxhaul Broadcast with very special guest Robert Schwartzman, vocalist of Rooney (all tour dates below). For more information, please visit: www.oceangroveband.com

Bands come together in various ways, usually by chance meetings, Craigslist ads, or music class- but few can say their lineup was created after sharing the experience of playing in a backing band for one of the biggest bands in the world. After touring the globe and enjoying some of the greatest times of their lives, John Taylor (vocals/guitar), Ryan Liestman (keys/backing vocals), Greg Garbowsky(bass/backing vocals), Jack Lawless (drums) decided it was time to start their own project, one that would see them develop a truly unique rock n’ roll sound – Ocean Grove.

Once Ocean Grove finished their tour commitments, they were ready to record their first EP Little Record. In Spring 2010, they spent time in LA writing with various co-writers, but once recorded, the band knew the EP wasn’t the exact direction they had hoped to take. They packed up and went back to the East coast- to Ocean Grove, New Jersey.

There, the band shacked up in a beautiful Victorian home near the ocean to focus on a real and more rock n’ roll sound. After recording 14 songs in two weeks, Ocean Grove finally felt they had come into their own. The EP, Another Place to Stay, mixed by Paul Hager (Van Halen, Goo Goo Dolls, American Hi-Fi) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys) is an EP filled with feel good songs pulling from their greatest influences such as The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, and Weezer. The inspiration for the EP came from years of experiences and all the little things life throws our way.

The band is proud of all their past accomplishments like having played with acts such as Stevie Wonder, Brad PaiselyVince Gill and performing on over 50 television shows, but Ocean Grove is ready to continue something truly special and all their own, just like their bond as a band. With their new EP, and positive outlook on all that’s to come, they are ready for just about anything.

For more information on Ocean Grove, please visit www.oceangroveband.com

Tour Dates w/Nick Jonas:

9/21      Via Fuchnal                                Sao, Paolo Brazil

9/22      HSBC Arena                              Rio de Janerio, Brazil

9/23      Chevrolet Hall                            Belo Horizonte, Brazil

9/25      Master Hall                                Curitiba, Brazil

9//27     Pepsi On Stage                         Porto Alegre, Brazil

9/29      Jockey Club                               Asuncion, Paraguay

10/1      GEBA                                        Buenos Aires, Argentina

10/2      Orfeo Superdome                      Cordoba, Argentina

10/8      Centro Sambil                            Caracas, Venezuela

10/11    SMG Theatre                              San Juan, Puerto Rico

Tour Dates w/Voxhaul Broadcast:

10/20    El Corazon                                 Seattle, WA

10/21    Backspace Café                         Portland, OR

10/22    Great American Music Hall          San Francisco, CA

10/23    Troubadour                                 Los Angeles, CA

10/24    Bar Pink                                     San Diego, CA

10/25    Hard Rock Café                         Phoenix, AZ

10/26    Skrappy’s                                  Tucson, AZ

10/28    Red 7                                        Austin, TX

10/29    White Rabbit                              San Antonio, TX

10/30    HOB – Cambridge                       Dallas, TX

11/1      Vinyl                                          Atlanta, GA

11/3      Jammin Java                             Vienna, VA

11/4      Soapbox Lounge                       Wilmington, NC

11/6      Space                                        Hamden, CT

11/8      TT The Bears                             Boston, MA

11/9      The Note                                   Philadelphia, PA

11/10    Studio at Webster Hall               New York, NY

11/11    Mohawk                                     Buffalo, NY

11/12    AE                                             Pittsburgh, PA

11/14    Grog Shop                                 Cleveland, OH

11/16    A&R                                           Columbus, OH

11/17    Crofoot Ballroom                         Pontiac, MI

11/18    Bottom Lounge                          Chicago, IL

11/20    Station 4                                    Minneapolis, MN

11/22    Bluebird                                     Denver, CO

11/23    Kilby Court                                 Salt Lake City, UT

TOXIC HOLOCAUST To Release Benefit Split 7” With Midnight

Posted in All Metal, News with tags , , , on September 21, 2011 by Randy

Portland, Oregon’s metal-punk warriors TOXIC HOLOCAUST have teamed up with Cleveland, Ohio’s Midnight for a split 7” to benefit the victims of the Japanese tsunami disaster.

The 7” is limited to a one-time pressing of 1,000 copies on Japanese-flag colored heavy-weight vinyl, and features tracks from both bands (“A.T.O.M.I.C.” by TOXIC HOLOCAUST, “Destroy Tsunami’s Power” by Midnight) exclusive to this release. The split also features exclusive artwork by Daniel “Sawblade” Shaw (TOXIC HOLOCAUST, Insect Warfare, Coffins). All proceeds will go to the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the tsunami disaster. The 7” can be ordered HERE.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST recently released the first video from their brand new album, Conjure And Command. The video, for the track “Judgment Awaits You,” can be viewed at THIS LOCATION.


Additionally, TOXIC HOLOCAUST heads to Europe for a five-week winter tour alongside Kvelertak, Trap Them and Wolves Like Us. A listing of confirmed tour dates can be found below.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST
w/ Kvelertak, Trap Them, Wolves Like Us:
11/08/2011 Ole Bull Scene – Bergen, Norway
11/09/2011 Stavanger – Folken, Norway
11/10/2011 Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway
11/11/2011 Samfundet – Trondheim, Norway
11/12/2011 Strand – Stockholm, Sweden
11/14/2011 Tavastia – Helsinki, Finland
11/15/2011 Pakkahuone – Tampere, Finland
11/17/2011 Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, Sweden
11/18/2011 Logo – Hamburg, Germany
11/19/2011 Underground – Koln, Germany
11/20/2011 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Holland
11/21/2011 02 Academy 2 – Oxford, UK
11/22/2011 02 Academy 3 – Birmingham, UK
11/23/2011 The Speakeasy at Queens – Belfast, Ireland
11/24/2011 ABC – Glasgow, UK
11/25/2011 Roadhouse – Manchester, UK

11/26/2011 Underworld – London, UK
11/27/2011 Muziekodroom – Hasselt, Belgium
11/28/2011 Le Ferraileur – Nantes, France
11/29/2011 Le Nouveau Casino – Paris, France
11/30/2011 Substage – Karlsruhe, Germany
12/01/2011 Abart – Zurich, Switzerland
12/02/2011 New Age Club – Roncade, Italy
12/03/2011 Szene – Wien, Austria
12/04/2011 Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany
12/05/2011 Exit Chmelnice – Prague, Czech Rep.
12/06/2011 Festsaal Xberg – Berlin, Germany
12/07/2011 Colos Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany
12/08/2011 Backstage – Munchen, Germany
12/09/2011 Hirsch – Nurnberg, Germany
12/10/2011 Sputnikhalle – Munster, Germany
12/11/2011 Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark
12/12/2011 Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark
12/13/2011 Kulturbolaget – Malmo, Sweden
 
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KAURA Releases New Full-Length CD/DVD, ‘That Which Defines Us’

Posted in Artist Watch, News, Releases with tags , , , , on September 21, 2011 by Randy

California natives KAURA are pleased to announce today’s release of their new album, That Which Defines Us.  Fans can purchase the record now digitally at iTunes and physically at IndieMerchStore.com. Produced by singer Malcolm Guess, That Which Defines Us is a testament of dedication, taking over two years to record with the assistance of rock luminaries such as Sylvia Massey (Tool, System of a Down, Danzig), Ken Andrews (Failure, A Perfect Circle) and Michael Romanowski (Dredg).  Central to the album’s sound were instruments that the band collected on their travels to India, Thailand, Bali, Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal.

The DVD portion of the set includes two music videos directed by drummer Benjamin Jones for the songs ‘Ephemeral Fall’ and ‘Silence Speaks Louder’.  It also features an hour long ‘Making of the Album’, and footage of the band’s adventures collecting instruments during their travels.

Tracklisting:

1. Inovocation

2. Sera Phi

3. One Becomes Two

4. Ephemeral Fall

5. Solace

6. Silence Speaks Louder

7. Apathy

8. Alarmico Saturn

9. 2C&B

10. If This Were to End

11. Tether’s End

12. A Lament for Change

Comprised of Malcolm Guess (vocals, guitar, and production), Benjamin Jones (drums, hammered dulcimer), Ben Rojas (guitar), and Josh Albright (bass), KAURA have already racked up an impressive list of accomplishments, including invitations from Live Nation to open for national touring acts like Godsmack and Rob Zombie and garnering the praise of Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, Zwan, Entrance Band) who appeared on their self-titled EP and airplay on Los Angeles’s World Famous KROQ  and Bay Area radio stations such as Live 105 and The Bone.  A recent national tour, culminating in a fiery performance at SXSW, earned their song ‘Now or Never’ a spot in a national advertising campaign for Ford Motors.

For more information about KAURA, please visit these sites:

www.kaura.com

www.twitter.com/kauraband

www.facebook.com/pages/KAURA/34203763931