.
Compiled by Keavin Wiggins
.
The Day in Rock - antiMUSIC.com's look at Today's Top Rock News Stories From Across the Web

Click Here To Bookmark DayInRock.com - Make The DayInRock.com Your Homepage
.

Friends or Emonies
punkbands reports: Fall Out Boy will launch their new tour, dubbed Friends or Enemies, January 4 in San Francisco, the band told MTV News. They're taking New Found Glory, the Early November and Permanent Me with them. The trek, which will hit small venues, is scheduled to wrap January 20[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Fall Out Boy - Fall Out Boy CDs - Fall Out Boy Tickets - Comments

When Pigs Sing
SMN reports: The following is a rundown of today's (Nov. 30th) Howard Stern Show courtesy of a fansite: [Howard] said that someone sent them a letter about a band called CANINUS who use a pit bull as their singer. He had some of their album so he played that and you hear a dog growling to their music. He played a couple of their songs and Robin said that they had to have made that up. Howard said it was legitimate and not a goof though. 

Richard came in and said that it's actually a side project of a metal band and it must be one of the guy's pets. He said there's another band that has a parrot as a lead singer. Howard asked about the band where the singer snorted like a pig. Richard said that was a guy snorting, not an actual pig. Howard had one of their songs so he played that as well saying that it's really fascinating to him. He doesn't understand it.... SIX FEET UNDER is willing to do the show but Howard said they've been getting a lot of mail from fans telling them not to have them on. They can't take more than a few seconds of their songs.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Caninus - Caninus CDs - Caninus Tickets - Comments

Love Arcade Tour
SMN reports: Detroit's LOVE ARCADE will hit the road in December with KILL HANNAH and THE PINK SPIDERS in support of their self-titled debut on Atlantic Records. Bringing their infectious tunes to life with their energetic and entertaining live show, the band will be kicking things off in Tempe, AZ on December 10 at The Sets. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Love Arcade - Love Arcade CDs - Love Arcade Tickets - Comments

Zombie Ritual EP
SMN reports: Tokyo's ZOMBIE RITUAL have posted information about their upcoming release, Zombies From Tokyo (cover art link at the full story link). The 5 song EP is scheduled for an early 2007 release and will be available through Apathic View Productions.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Zombie Ritual - Zombie Ritual CDs - Zombie Ritual Tickets - Comments

Bossa N Roses
PR reports: The latest in Music Brokers' hugely popular "Bossa N" series contains laid-back electro-bossa versions of Guns N' Roses classics like "Welcome To The Jungle," "Sweet Child O' Mine," "November Rain," "Paradise City," "Patience," "Live And Let Die" and other hits. Bossa N' Roses is currently # 9 on iTunes Spain's album charts. Its predecessors, Bossa N' Marley and two volumes of Bossa N' Stones, have sold half a million copies around the world with the same formula: melding massive pop hits with bossanova rhythms, Brazilian beats and breezy female vocals. The first volume of Bossa N' Stones spent an entire year on Argentina's national Top 10 albums chart. The compilation is the next chapter in the best selling "Bossa 'N..." series that reimagines popular classic musical repertoire in Brazilian bossa meshed with hip-hop and Latin beats.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Bossa N Roses - Bossa N Roses CDs - Bossa N Roses Tickets - Comments

Semi-final Dew Circuit Breakout
PR reports: This up and coming battle of the bands competition has produced a roster of critically acclaimed and hugely successful acts that have come through the Dew Music Circuit including: Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights and last year's winners of MTV2's Dew Circuit Breakout, HelloGoodbye. This year's lineup of semi-final Dew Circuit Breakout hopefuls included: Halifax, I am the Avalanche, Lorene Drive, Fallen From the Sky, Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer, and Brandtson. 

This week's challenges saw the winning votes going to three final bands: Halifax, Fallen From The Sky, Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer. These three bands have been flown to New York to battle it out for the grand prize in front of a live studio audience. They will each perform one of their songs for a panel of music industry insiders including Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba, Alternative Press' managing editor, Leslie Simon, and Virgin Records president, Jason Flom, who will each give the bands creative feedback and advice. [see full story for details]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Halifax - Halifax CDs - Halifax Tickets - Comments

Aimee Mann and Grant-Lee Phillips Xmas
PR reports: The holiday season is always full of surprises, and there's a particularly pleasant one in store for fans of singer-songwriters extraordinaires Aimee Mann and Grant-Lee Phillips. Mann's first Christmas album, One More Drifter In the Snow, was released last month on her own label SuperEgo Records, featuring seasonal classics old and new. Among them is an imaginative rendering of the delightful and dastardly 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch' from Dr. Seuss's timeless Yuletide epic, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas,' featuring a memorable narration by Phillips. Inspired by this studio collaboration, the former Grant Lee Buffalo frontman was invited to join the former Till Tuesday frontwoman for the First Annual Aimee Mann Christmas Variety Show. Phillips will, among other things, perform songs of his own, including selections from his forthcoming studio release and will appear on all dates.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Aimee Mann - Aimee Mann CDs - Aimee Mann Tickets - Comments

Otep Sets Date
PR reports: Capitol recording artist OTEP has the announced the release of the highly anticipated new album, "The_ Ascension," which is slated for unveiling on March 20. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Dave Fortman (Evanescence, Mudvayne) and recorded throughout 2006 in New Orleans, the album is the band's fourth label release, following 2004's celebrated "House of Secrets."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Otep - Otep CDs - Otep Tickets - Comments

Himsa Deal of Century
PR reports: Century Media is extremely proud to welcome HIMSA to its worldwide family. The Seattle-based metal quintet's ferocious blend of melodic, unrelenting thrash speed mixed with old-school influences resulted in a savage, unique and uncompromising sound that was welcome, refreshing and undeniable. The group continued to carve out their own unique niche in the scene through relentless touring alongside a wide variety of artists from Danzig and Behemoth to As I Lay Dying and Shadows Fall, helping them win over legions of fans worldwide. In 2007, HIMSA are destined to leave their definitive mark on the genre.

In other news, HIMSA have been added to the Century Family's Third Annual Christmas Balls show, which takes place Wednesday, Dec. 13th at The Key Club in Hollywood, CA (USA). The event will also feature the LA based quintet In This Moment and will be headlined by Sweden's Dream Evil, who will be making their American debut and only U.S. appearance of 2006.[That's great news for Himsa since their previous label had a problem with paying their bills] - Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Himsa - Himsa CDs - Himsa Tickets - Comments

Digital Tori
PR reports: At the time of her debut in 1992, Tori Amos' captivating storytelling and quirky yet sublime mix of piano, pop, rock, and classical music were as conspicuous as her flaming-red ringlets among the dark-haired pop divas who ruled the charts. Since then, Amos' uncompromising studio albums and cathartic concerts have earned her recognition as one of the most influential artists of the past two decades while inspiring a legion of devoted fans. Rhino Records brings together Amos' classics, rarities, remixes, and previously unreleased music for A Piano: The Collection.

On December 5, "Walk To Dublin" from A Piano: The Collection will be available for download exclusively through Yahoo! Also on December 5, "Take Me With You" from A Piano: The Collection will be available exclusively through MTV Urge. Then, on December 19, all 86 songs from the entire A Piano: The Collection will be available for purchase on all digital service providers, including iTunes! [see full story for an eCard]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Tori Amos - Tori Amos CDs - Tori Amos Tickets - Comments

Wanna Be Sodamned?
PR reports: Brazilian death metal band Sodamned is looking for a new bassist and guitarist to replace the musicians Gerson, who is one of the former members, and Nagata, who played with them for one year.

The band is looking for musicians in Brazil who wish to make a serious work playing extreme metal. People who have interest should contact them through the e-mail [email protected]

Their next release will be available in the first half of 2007. More details of it will be published soon in the band's website- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Sodamned - Sodamned CDs - Sodamned Tickets - Comments

Monty Are I Tour
PR reports: Road-loving band Monty Are I get back to doing what they do best, with their first major schedule of co-headlining dates - and the August 1st arrival of WALL OF PEOPLE, their debut album on the Stolen Transmission label. To date, Monty Are I's MySpace site has logged nearly 425,000 total plays, with the lion's share of attention going to the album's opening track, "Between The Sheets," "Dublin Waltz," and "In This Legacy."

Monty Are I will head out for a month with fellow Stolen Transmission band Permanent Me (through December 8th), co-headliner Dropping Daylight, and the support of The Summer Obsession and the Outline. [see full story for datea]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Monty Are I - Monty Are I CDs - Monty Are I Tickets - Comments

Chariot UK
PR reports: US-based chaos core outfit THE CHARIOT and progressive modern death metallers BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE are teaming up for a powerful tour package predestined to be a set of unforgettable shows hitting Europe in January/February 2007!

THE CHARIOT - BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE - SHAPED BY FATE
29.01.2007 UK, Swindon @ The Furnace 
30.01.2007 UK, Cardiff @ Clwb Ifor Bach 
31.01.2007 UK, Nottingham @ Rock City 
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Chariot - Chariot CDs - Chariot Tickets - Comments

Crowbar Slave No More
Candlelight reports: CROWBAR post 'Slave No More' video from forthcoming DVD on-line "Slave No More" will be included on the band's upcoming DVD, "Live: With Full Force", due out early next year through Candlelight. Filmed at the popular German open air festival of the same name, "Live: With Full Force" was captured on CROWBAR's world tour supporting their 2005 release "Lifesblood for the Downtrodden". The live performance DVD also includes candid backstage footage plus the band's second (and previously unavailable) promotional video for "Lifesblood for the Downtrodden" album track "Slave No More". Watch the video at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Crowbar - Crowbar CDs - Crowbar Tickets - Comments

Manes Complete CD
Candlelight reports: MANES, the Norwegian band featuring members of Third and the Mortal, Atrox and Chton, is putting the finishing touches on its new album, tentatively titled "Invention - Or How The World Came To An End And Why We Did It", at Spiren Studio in Rognes (near Trondheim) with producer Rune Stavnesli. The CD will be the group's first for Candlelight Records and is planned for an early 2007 release. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Manes - Manes CDs - Manes Tickets - Comments

Starkweather Return
Candlelight reports: Starkweather recently announced the return of onetime guitarist Bill Molchinow to their line-up. Molchinow played the solos on the band's version of "Hushabye," which appeared on the Definitely Not The Majors compilation in 1997. STARKWEATHER guitarist Todd Forkin has issued the following account of Molchinow's return (note that the group has written a new full-length)[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

More on Starkweather - Starkweather CDs - Starkweather Tickets - Comments


 



Click here for the latest Rock news and headlines including The Day in Rock breaking stories

Read Day In Rock Reports From Other Days
 

antiMUSIC News featured on RockNews.info

.