Thursday, February 27, 2014

ALABAMA SHAKES ANNOUNCE U.S. HEADLINE DATES

Alabama Shakes will play a series of U.S. headline dates this spring. The run will kick off with a two-night stand at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC (April 25 and 26). A ticket pre-sale begins this Friday, February 28, at 12:00 PM local time at alabamashakes.frontgatetickets.com/. Tickets go on sale to the public on this Saturday, March 1, for all dates except Washington, DC, where tickets will go on sale Thursday, March 6. The band will also perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Suburbia Festival, the Beale Street Music Festival and the Shaky Knees Fest. See below for itinerary or visit www.alabamashakes.com.


The Athens, AL-based band – comprising vocalist/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, drummer Steve Johnson and bassist Zac Cockrell – has been in the studio working on a new album. Further details will be announced soon.


Released in 2012,the Alabama Shakes’ debut album, Boys & Girls (ATO Records), was RIAA Certified Gold and so was the first single, “Hold On.” The song wasvoted the #1 Best Song of 2012 by Rolling Stone and was featured on the 2013 GRAMMY Nominees compilation. “You Ain’t Alone,” another track from the album, can be heard now in the advertising campaign for the Oscar-nominated film Dallas Buyers Club. Alabama Shakes have been nominated for four GRAMMY® awards, a BRIT and an NME Award. The band was named Emerging Artist of the Year at the Americana Music Association’s Honors and Awards ceremony in 2012.


Alabama Shakes – Upcoming Tour Dates


4/25 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club- Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires Fsupporting


4/26 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club- Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires supporting


4/28 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel – Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires supporting


4/29 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel -Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires supporting


5/2-4 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival


5/3-4 – Plano, TX @ Suburbia Festival


5/4 – Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival


5/7 – Northfield, OH @ Hard Rock Live – The Deslondes supporting


5/8 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – The Deslondes supporting


5/9 – Richmond, VA @ The National – The Deslondes supporting


5/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Fest


Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Prong's Ruining Lives Available May 13th on SPV/Steamhammer in North America

Ruining Lives is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2012 release Carved Into Stone and continues to show the band on an upward trajectory, proving that despite having a long, illustrious career PRONG can still make records that matter and re-invent themselves without negating their roots.


With Tommy Victor in the producer’s chair and Steve Evetts (Hatebreed, Sick Of It All, Sepultura) once again coming in to put his trademark shine on the record, Ruining Lives has turned out to be a monster of an album. From the first riff-assault of the opener “Turnover”, the album takes you on an angst-filled roller coaster ride that marries some very old school, Beg To Differ-elements with post-punk, industrial metal, hardcore thrash, all the while retaining a modern and current feel. Fans of the bands legendary, genre-defining Cleansing-era and new fans alike will be thrilled.


Tommy Victor about Ruining Lives: “This is the fastest written and recorded PRONG-album ever and it has more great songs than any previous PRONG-record. I am particularly proud of the vocal performance and I think we captured some outstanding sounds on this album. There’s a little bit of a throwback element here. Ruining Lives is almost a “Force Fed” type of song. The album is a hybrid between NY Hardcore and some very modern, song oriented work. You will find some “Rude Awakening” but also some solid, crushing riffs. I feel we have captured the best elements of PRONG on this album.


He continues, “Come To Realize” is something new – we have never approached this kind of time signature. It really is math-metal meets pure hardcore with a crazy-ass riff. What’s exciting about the whole album is you have your hooks, your riffs and something innovative that makes the album very current. This qualifies as the hybrid nature of PRONG: marrying post-punk, industrial metal, hardcore thrash and modern elements – all of that with hooks and not just a bunch of screaming.”


The new album Ruining Lives will be released now through SPV/Steamhammer in Scandinavia on April 23rd, in Germany on April 25th, in Europe on April 28th and in the US/Canada on May 13th as a limited digipak version incl. 1 bonus track and poster, as a double gatefold colored vinyl version incl. 1 bonus track and the CD in cardboard sleeve, as a standard version and download.


On April 19th PRONG will release an exclusive single for “Record Store Day” celebration with the new track “Turnover” on side A and a pig remix version of “Revenge Best Served Cold” by Raymond Watts on Side B. The single is limited to 3.000 copies and comes in a green/white marbled vinyl version. The worldwide digital release of this single is April 21st!


Track Listing DigiPak:


1.Turnover


2.The Barriers


3.Windows Shut


4.Remove, Separate Self


5.Ruining Lives


6.Absence Of Light


7.The Book Of Change


8.Self Will Run Riot


9.Come To Realize


10.Chamber Of Thought


11.Limitations And Validations


12.Retreat (Bonus Track)


Track Listing Jewel Case


1.Turnover


2.The Barriers


3.Windows Shut


4.Remove, Separate Self


5.Ruining Lives


6.Absence Of Light


7.The Book Of Change


8.Self Will Run Riot


9.Come To Realize


10.Chamber Of Thought


11.Limitations And Validations


Track Listing Vinyl Version


LP1 Side 1


1.Turnover


2.The Barriers


3.Windows Shut


LP1 Side 2


1.Remove, Separate Self


2.Ruining Lives


3.Absence Of Light


LP2 Side 1


1.The Book Of Change


2.Self Will Run Riot


3.Come To Realize


LP2 Side 2


1.Chamber Of Thought


2.Limitations And Validations


3.Retreat (Bonus Track)


PRONG Live 2014


26.03. D-Essen – Turock


27.03. NL-Haarlem – Patronaat


28.03. NL-Roermond – ECI Cultuurfabriek


29.03. B-Antwerp – Trix


30.03. GB-London – Underworld


01.04. GB-Glasgow – Cathouse


02.04. GB-Manchester – Sound Control


03.04. GB-Wolverhampton – Slade Rooms


04.04. F-Paris – Nouveau Casino


05.04. D-Cologne – Luxor


06.04. D-Karlsruhe – Substage


08.04. D-Saarbrücken – Garage


09.04. CH-Aarau – Kiff


10.04. D-Munich – Backstage


11.04. A-Vienna – Szene


12.04. CZ-Prague – Nova Chmelnice


13.04. PL-Krakow – Kwadrat Club


15.04. D-Berlin Lido


16.04. D-Bremen – Tower


17.04. D-Hamburg – Knust


18.04. DK-Copenhagen – Vega


19.04. SE-Gothenburg – Sticky Fingers


20.04. SE-Stockholm – Debaser Strand


21.-25.07. SLO-Tolmin – Metaldays


26.07. D-Viersen – Eier mit Speck Festival


27.07. NL-Eindhoven – Dynamo


29.07. NL-Rotterdam – Baroeg


30.07. D-Weinheim – Cafe Central


31.07. D-Wiesbaden – Schlachthof


01.08. D-Wacken – Wacken Open Air


08.08. GB-Derbyshire – Bloodstock Open Air


09.08. B-Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival


23.08. D-Bad Wünnenberg – Wünnstock Open Air


For More Info Visit:


www.prongmusic.com


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twitter.com/prongmusic


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