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KMFDM announces the release of the remix companion
album to “Blitz”, “Krieg”. “Krieg” features 12 tracks, over 55 minutes, of
new, diverse and exciting remixes from some top names across the musical
spectrum.

Krieg” contains 12 remixes of select somgs from Blitz, KMFDM’s new studio
album from early 2009. The remixers include current and past member of
such groups as Nine Inch Nails, White Zombie, Danzig, Static-X,
Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Prong, Combichrist, Apollo 440, tweaker, Icon Of
Coil
, Pop Will Eat Itself, Die Warzau, Gay Bikers On Acid, Stabbing
Westward
, Zombie Girl, Assemblage 23, Jackalope, Vile Evils, Metl,
Salvo, Healer, Revolve, Seismologist, Girder as well as present and
ex-members of KMFDM itself!

In addition to a CD filled with mixes from an impressive list of heavy
hitters, the accompanying booklet features striking new artwork from
longtime KMFDM cohort Brute! and liner notes that tell the story of the
album’s creation and fully detailed credits.

KMFDM warns their fans, prepare yourself for Krieg as lightning strikes
again!

‘Krieg’ Track Listing:

1. Bait & Switch (All 4 One Mix) by Combichrist
2. Strut (Disco Balls Mix) by Andy Selway of KMFDM
3. Potz Blitz! (Harmonic Tremors Mix) by Seismologist
4. Bait & Switch (Sacred Cow Mix) by Prong
5. Never Say Never (Naughty Habit Mix) by Ivan de Prume of White Zombie
6. People of The Lie (Requiem Mix) by Koichi Fukuda of Static-X
7. Bitches (Pop Will Eat This Mix) by Vile Evils
8. Never Say Never (Confessional Mix) by Komar Kommando
9. People of The Lie (Crooked Illusion Mix) by Mary Byker of Apollo 440
10. Davai (Cyrillic Mix) by tweaker
11. Never Say Never (Candy Apple Mix) by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie
12. Davai (Bloody Fog Mix) by Assemblage 23

Krieg is exclusive to KMFDM Records and available only at The KMFDM Store in both CD and high quality MP3 digital formats. Hear some previews here.

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Langhorne Slim is set to tour across the country alongside April Smith and the Great Picture Show

1/21 Maxwells  Hoboken, NJ
1/22 Ottobar  Baltimore, MD
1/23 Club Cafe  Pittsburgh, PA
1/25 Otto’s  Dekalb, IL
1/26 Turner Hall  Milwaukee, WI
1/27 The Aquarium  Fargo,ND
1/29 TBA  Bozeman, MT
1/30 Neurolux  Boise, ID
1/31 Crystal Ballroom  Portland, OR
2/03 Crepe Place  Santa Cruz, CA
2/04 Cellar Door  Visalia, CA
2/05 Muddy Waters  Santa Barbara, CA
2/06 McCabes  Los Angeles, CA
2/08 Casbah  San Diego, CA
2/10 Hi Dive  Denver, CO
2/11 Record Bar  Kansas City, KS
2/12 Off Broadway  St Louis, MO
2/13 The Summit  Columbus, OH

Each week Muzzle of Bees will put out a new acoustic version of some of the hit songs of of Langhorne’s latest album. This week we invite you to watch “Be Set Free.”

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To celebrate the release on their new boxed set “Minotaur“, the Pixies have launched a 33 minute video that includes live footage, interviews, and behind the scenes clips.

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March 03 – Reading, UK @ Sub 89
March 05 -  Cardiff, UK @ Millennium Music Hall
March 06 – Peterborough, UK @ Club Revolution
March 07 – Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
March 08 – Sheffield, UK @ The Corporation
March 09 – Manchester, UK @ Moho Live
March 11- Glasgow, UK @ Ivory Blacks
March 12 – Belfast, UK @ Spring & Airbrake
March 13 – Dublin, Ireland @ Academy2
March 14 – Wrexham, UK @ Central Station
March 15 – Birmingham, UK @ The Asylum
March  16 – London, UK @ The Underworld
March 17 – Southampton, UK @ Talking Heads
March 19 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
March 20 – Oss, The Netherlands @ Groene Engel
March 21 – Leeuwarden, The Netherlands @ Romein
March 22 – Haarlem, The Netherlands @ Patronaat
March 23 – Utrecht, The Netherlands @ Helling
March 24 – Cologne, Germany @ Underground
March 25 – Hamburg, Germany @ Logo
March 26 – Odense, Denmark @ Kansas City
March 27 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Nachtleben
March 29 – Vienna, Austria @ Flex
March 30 – Lindau, Germany @ Club Vaudeville,
March 31 – Stuttgart, Germany @ Universum
April 01 – Winterthur, Switzerland @ Salzhaus
April 03 – Pinarella di Cervia (RA), Italy @ Rock Planet
April 09 – Moscow, Russia @ Glavclub
April 10 – St. Petersburg, Russia @ Glavclub

Official Site

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It can’t get more ridiculous than this. There was a (somewhat) organized snowball fight at the corner of 14th and U Streets, and some poor ultra-egotistical cops car got hit by a snowball. Did he overreact? Naaaahhhh. Pulling a gun out and saying you’re going to send a bunch of people to jail isn’t an overreaction.

Here’s to hoping a bunch of these people sue the pants off the DC police force; cops need to realize that carrying a lethal weapon is a privilege that needs to come with high degrees of discipline even when their feelings get hurt. More inexplicable is the second cop in the video who shows up with his weapon unholstered. Snowballs man. Snowballs. Merry X-mas indeed.

Local news outlet, WJLA is covering the story and I’m sure this will make national headlines soon enough. This cop should be fired, fined, and sentenced to some sort of counseling plus have at least two years of probation. If I was the Chief of Police, I’d put his ass behind the desk for the rest of his career. See some video – there’s even more on the aforementioned WJLA link – (more reasons why cell phones that have video cameras are ways to bring the establishment and law enforcement to justice)…

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Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne was so inspired by the life story of the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, that he decided to collaborate with dancebeat guru Fatboy Slim to create a disco-influenced concept album based on everything from Marcos’ childhood spent in poverty to her departure from the palace.  With musical contributions from Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook), David Byrne’s lyrics and songs beautifully presents and focuses on Imelda Marcos’ key relationship with her childhood caretaker Estrella Cumpas.  Bryne has invited other famous vocalists to help interpret the story of the 80-year-old “Steel Butterfly” (as she has been famously referred as in the media) including Florence Welch (of Florence + The Machine), St. Vincent, Martha Wainwright, Cyndi Lauper, Sharon Jones (of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings), Sia, Santigold, and Tori Amos.  Here Lies Love is a two-disc album set named after the inscription Marcos reportedly wants on her tombstone and will be released February 23, 2010 accompanied by a descriptive book and DVD. Visit David Byrne’s official site for more info!

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Okay so I admit this review is well over due. But just because I’ve been slacking off, doesn’t deride any of the importance of how truly epic and essential Converge’s seventh record release is. Jacob Bannon (singer) and Kurt Ballou (guitarist) are two of the most influential people in metal/hardcore/heavy music today, with Kurt Ballou having established himself as one of music’s most revered producers/engineers with his God City Studio a well-sought after destination. Ballou’s resume in the production, recording, and engineering realm is as impressive as his own musical one with a long resume that includes The Hope Conspiracy, pg. 99, Cave In, Modern Life is War, Blacklisted, Champion, Scars of Tomorrow, Orchid, and Paint it Black among many others. Indeed the group as a whole is a visceral auteur of heavy music, paving the way for many other experimental and chaotic bands to land into a scene that is welcoming, always moving, and rarely if ever stagnant. On “Axe to Fall”, Converge yet again expands their horizons with wavering and sober moments like “Cruel Bloom” featuring bluesy gravelly vocals sung by Steve Von Till (Neurosis) amid moist piano and ambient acoustic guitars. “Wretched Bloom” also features a guest vocalist in Genghis Tron’s Mookie Singerman who smoothly pours out a velvet of clean vocals that oddly complement the typical raging storm of Bannon’s ferocity. The album pours out buckets of emotion into a room that was once soaked with blood but is now drying, peeling off red-flecked paint chips like a million past childhoods wrought with self-destructive actions, something a song like the punk-fueled “Cutter” seems to cry out on. Converge are champions of everything heavy and prove their worthiness of the crown by dipping their quill into an inkwell of heavy rock, visceral chaotic metal, churning hardcore, and melodic heavy alternative art. “Axe to Fall” will fell an entire forest before it’s through rockin’ you out.

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Blood Into Wine, the eagerly awaited documentary on Tool/Puscifer front man Maynard James Keenan and his vineyard partner Eric Glomski’s mission to bring notoriety and respect to Northern Arizona’s burgeoning wine industry, will premiere at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ on Feb. 19 at 7:00 pm.

While the film focuses on Keenan’s winemaking, Blood Into Wine gives a larger picture of the often reclusive singer.   “Maynard is as mysterious and complex as rumored so we don’t know exactly why he allowed our cameras and questions into his world for the winemaking year of 2009,” explains co-director Ryan Page.

“But once we got past his pitbulls and his crossbows we were surprised that Maynard was open with us challenging the perception of him as a celebrity winemaker and the notion that making wine in Arizona is like making wine on the moon. Maynard and Eric continue to surprise the winemaking world right now,” co-director Christopher Pomerenke adds.

Co-directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (Moog, The Heart is a Drum Machine), the documentary was shot using multiple Red One cameras, allowing cinematographer Cary Truelick to capture the craggy landscape surrounding Keenan’s vineyards in stunning detail. Editor Robert Beadle skillfully worked with over 200 hours of footage to help craft the story of two pioneer winemakers in an unforgiving region. Blood Into Wine was Produced by Chris “Topper” McDaniel, Ryan Page, Jason Stall, and Christopher Pomerenke. The movie features Keenan, Eric Glomski, Milla Jovovich, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (of Adult Swim’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!), Patton Oswalt and many more.

Nationwide screenings will be announced shortly with a DVD release coming Spring 2010. Appropriately themed live music from Tool, “Sober” is available below.

Premiere ticketing is available now.
Official Film Trailer

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Southern Californian pop-punk legends, Unwritten Law, have just announced a handful of shows to finish off 2009 with a bang. Recently the group has been working on their new album and decided to take a quick break to spend the holidays with their hometown fans. The album will be released in summer 2010 on BreakSilence Recordings and a video for the first single is expected by spring.

The new album will be Unwritten Law’s first new studio record since 2005’s ‘Here’s to the Mourning‘. Can’t wait for it to come out? Well, check out the band’s first ever live CD/DVD, entitled ‘Live & Lawless‘ which was filmed in 2008 and is available via Suburban Noize Records.

Dec 13 – Hermosa Beach, CA @ Saint Rocke (Acoustic Show)
Dec 19 – San Bernardino, CA @ Coussoulis Arena w/ Chevelle and Sick
Puppies
Dec 20 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Dec 30 – Hollywood, CA @ Roxy Theatre w/ Taintstick

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teramelos

Tera Melos is one of those amazing experimental bands that you can try to describe and just fall flat. They do pretty much everything that you could possibly imagine that’s awesome and do it damn well. Toss in ambient, weird time signatures (that actually work and don’t sound contrived), a bevy of effects/samples, and all of this from one a trio of dudes from California. Stunning. Shine it up and crank up the speakers. Oh and check them out live with seminal experimental maestros Melt-Banana on the West Coast…

Dec 11 – Chop Suey – Seattle, WA – Seattle Stranger Show Pick
Dec 12 – Dante’s – Portland, OR
Dec 14 – Blue Lamp – Sacramento, CA
Dec 15 – Glass House – Pomona, CA Also w/ All Leather
Dec 16 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA

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For a totally fun and totally free download of their “Idioms vol. I”, go to their bandcamp site. You will not regret this!

For more information, visit the usual suspects:

Official Site

Tera Melos on Myspace
Their label, Sargent House (yes the imprint that Omar Rodriguez Lopez has put together, you know that crazy guy from the Mars Volta!)

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