Brooklyn sludge rock ministers HULL are pleased to announce another stretch of tour dates this Spring. The short but epic run will commence on March 7 in Long Branch, New Jersey. From there the band will forge their path towards Austin to pillage their way through another SXSW Music Conference.

Commented the band in a collective statement: ”The fires of life boil our blood as we anticipate the rising of the moon. Sharpening our steel for the open road, the Earth’s tides overwhelm the coasts. With much doom, the salted sands part as tortured souls spread their heavy upon the cracked crust of our Mother. Brother and Sister traverse the scarred country side, elating the spirits of willing followers as the skies blacken with the sorrow that is expelled. Once again, packed neatly in their battered vessel, HULL burn this candle of life and light the roadside within the depths of night. Accompanied by true warriors upon the first leg are Black Tusk, Royal Thunder and East Of The Wall. Raise your fists in revelry. Stand side by side as we carve deep into the soil of this turbulent wasteland.”

HULL Tour  2012:

3/07/2012 Brighton Bar – Long Branch, NJ
3/08/2012 Annabells – Akron, OH
3/09/2012 Ultra Lounge – Chicago, IL w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder, East Of The Wall
3/10/2012 I Rock – Detroit, MI w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder, East Of The Wall
3/11/2012 Camelot Arena – Portage, IN w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder, East Of The Wall
3/12/2012 Fubar – St. Louis, MO w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder, East Of The Wall
3/13/2012 Stone Pony – Fayetteville, AR w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder, East Of The Wall
3/15/2012 SXSW Red Seven – Austin, TX
3/17/2012 SXSW Triple Crown Tattoo – Austin, TX
3/18/2012 The Lion’s Den – Denton, TX w/ Mutilation Rites
3/19/2012 Queen City Hall – Dallas, TX w/ Nachtmystium/Alcest/The Atlas Moth/Bruce Lamont
3/20/2012 Downtown Music – Little Rock, AK w/ Mutilation Rites
3/21/2012 Café CoCo – Nashville, TN w/ Mutilation Rites
3/22/2012 TBA – Richmond, VA w/ Mutilation Rites
3/23/3012 The Acheron – Brooklyn, NY w/ Mutilation Rites, Batillus, Trenchgrinder

HULL continues to tour in support of their monolithic Beyond The Lightless Sky full-length released via The End Records last fall. Called “…a concept album for the ages, ” by Metal Army America Beyond The Lightless Sky features guest appearances by vocalist Jarboe, keys/ambiance by Fade Kainer (Batillus/Jarboe/Inswarm ) and continues to reap critical acclaim internationally for its delicate balance of staggering heaviness and poetic grace. Exclaim hailed the band saying: “HULL have made something immense and nimble, ponderous and powerful,” while CMJ noted of the triple guitar sound in particular, “they’re downright elegant at times, a fantastic contrast to the otherwise intense soundscape.” The Obelisk called the band “crushingly heavy in a cerebral sense,” adding that “HULL have come into their own and not only join the ranks of forward-thinking American metallers, but position themselves at the front of the pack with a few moments of unabashed, unashamed modern metal,” and The Village Voice (NYC) commended the band’s seamless versatility: “[Beyond The Lightless Sky] veers between motorcycle-revving D-beat, bog-trawling doom, sinister black metal, Neurosis drum-offs and hypnotic passages that gnash like a venom-dripping cousin to the final Isis album.” Pop Matters agreed calling Beyond The Lightless Sky: “a determined and significant release, and one thoroughly deserving of a lot more visibility in the realms of heaving, epic metal.”

In related news, HULL appeared on The Learning Channel’s Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker last month. The Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker is a TLC series hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of his own reality series, Cake Boss. The show features contestants participating in challenges that test their baking and decorating skills.

 

Never Shout Never have announced a Spring headlining tour with support from Kurt Travis, Koji, and Bearcat.  The tour kicks off in Austin on April 20 and includes an appearance at this year’s The Bamboozle Festival in NJ before ending in Springfield, MO on May 26. Tickets for the tour are available for pre-sale beginning today, with the general on-sale starting on Saturday. A full list of dates is below.

Alternative Press and Never Shout Never are running a contest where bands can have the chance to open for one of the shows on the tour. Bands can submit a link to their music for consideration at nevershoutnever.com. 3-4 finalists will be chosen for each market and the winner will be selected by a vote on AltPress.com.

Never Shout Never are touring in support of their latest full-length Time Travel, which is out now. The album is the first release to feature a full permanent band, consisting of Chris’ longtime friends from Joplin, MO: Taylor MacFee (Bass/Backing Vocals) and Hayden Kaiser (Percussion/Backing Vocals). Rolling Stone called Time Travel ”the sound of a fully realized unit at their moment of self-discovery.”

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Never Shout Never headlining tour

April 20 – Austin, TX – The Parish

April 21 – Dallas, TX – The Cambridge Room

April 22 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Studio

April 24 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad

April 27 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction

April 28 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction

April 29 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill

May 1 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

May 2 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater

May 4 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen

May 5 – Indiana, PA – Indiana University of Pennsylvania

May 6 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop

May 8 – Lansing, MI – The Loft

May 9 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club Theatre

May 11 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre

May 12 – Hamden, CT – The Space

May 13 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall

May 15 – Vienna, VA – Jammin Java Music Club & Cafe

May 16 – Vienna, VA – Jammin Java Music Club & Cafe

May 17 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Cafe

May 19 – East Rutherford, NJ – The Bamboozle Festival

May 26 – Springfield, MO – Outland Ballroom

Slavonic black metal pagans DRUDKH have debuted the track “Farewell To Autumn’s Sorrowful Birds” on Pitchfork. The band had previously streamed “When Gods Leave Their Emerald Halls” here.

‘Eternal Turn of the Wheel’ will be released by Season of Mist on March 13th. The album represents the ancient pagan cycle of the seasons and a return to the band’s roots and early sound. The album will be available as CD digipak limited to first pressing and vinyl LP with download card. Both are available for pre-order.

Updated DRUDKH news will be made available at the Season of Mist website and the DRUDKH Myspace page.

The ugliest band in the world is back! Featuring members of Immortal, Mayhem, Virus and Ava Inferi, AURA NOIR has announced their latest masterpiece “Out to Die”. More intense and aggressive than ever, with an increasingly stark and raw vibe to it all, the bar is once again raised and another milestone of putrid Black Thrash Metal is born!  ”Out to Die,” their fifth album overall, and first with Indie Recordings, will see a release on March 23rd in Europe and March 27th in North America. The new album sees the return of Blasphemer to AURA NOIR’s ranks!

Check out the track listing of “Out to Die”!

1. Trenches

2. Fed To The Flames

3. Abbadon

4. The Grin From The Gallows

5. Withheld

6. Priest’s Hellish Fiend

7. Deathwish

8. Out To Die

Aura Noir just completed the “Fire Walk With Me Vol 2″ tour with Skeletonwitch and Nekromantheon, and will make their first appearance at WACKEN OPEN AIR (August 2nd-4th) later this summer.

HIP-HOP VIRTUOSO HERALDS SOPHOMORE ALBUM WITH NEW SINGLE, “SO GOOD;”

RYAN TEDDER-PRODUCED TRACK HITS ITUNES & ALL DSPS TODAY;

LEAD SINGLE “STRANGE CLOUDS (FEAT. LIL WAYNE)” REACHES PLATINUM STATUS;

“STRANGE CLOUDS” ARRIVES EVERYWHERE MAY 1^ST;

Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist, B.o.B has released his new single, “So Good,” today via iTunes and all DSPs:http://itun.es/iSk82G. You can also listen to “So Good,” here:

The Ryan Tedder-produced track comes on the heels of the rapper’s previous two album cuts, “Play The Guitar (feat. Andre 3000)” and “Strange Clouds (feat. Lil Wayne),” which has been RIAA-certified platinum with sales exceeding 1 million singles. Last month, B.o.B teamed up with fellow Atlanta rappers, T.I. and Young Jeezy, to release the official remix track and video to his single, “Strange Clouds.” Adding to all this excitement, B.o.B has announced that his sophomore album, “STRANGE CLOUDS,” will arrive in stores and online on May 1^st.

Earlier this month, the acclaimed superstar headed to Indianapolis to perform his hits, “Strange Clouds,” and “Don’t Let Me Fall,” at VH1’s Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, alongside Gym Class Heroes and The All American Rejects. The Atlanta native also rang in 2012 with an electrifying performance of “Strange Clouds,” on BET’s 106^th & Party New Year’s Eve celebration. What’s more, B.o.B recently received a nomination for a 2011 People’s Choice Award in the “Favorite Hip-Hop Artist” category.

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“STRANGE CLOUDS” is the highly-anticipated follow-up to B.o.B’s critically-acclaimed, RIAA-certified Gold debut album, “B.o.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY,” which earned an outstanding five Grammy nominations including “Best Rap Album.” The album also spawned three multiplatinum singles, “Nothin’ On You (feat. Bruno Mars),” “Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo),” and “Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)” the latter being certified 4X Platinum by the RIAA.

“B.o.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY,” debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart and was heralded by the smash debut single “Nothin’ On You (feat. Bruno Mars),” which catapulted to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. B.o.B also celebrated the album’s release with a number of high-profiled TV appearances including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Wendy Williams Show, Saturday Night Live and The Mo’Nique Show, while gracing the covers of national publications including Complex and VIBE. Adding to this, B.o.B is one of the faces of Adidas’ 2011 “All Adidas” global brand campaign, which also includes the likes of Katy Perry, David Beckham and NBA star Derrick Rose.

For more information on B.o.B, visit www.bobatl.com, www.twitter.com/bobatl and www.facebook.com/bobatl.

The wait for the Santigold’s album, Master of My Make Believe, is almost over! Today she releases the first official single, “Disparate Youth.” Produced by Santigold and Ricky Blaze, the track is a contemporary rebel song with a new spin on punk & reggae that underscores its message of pushing through all roadblocks and claim “a life worth fighting for.” The track is available on iTunes and you can listen to it:

Last month Santigold released the video and MP3 for “Big Mouth” to great acclaim. Santi calls out all trash-talkers on “Big Mouth,” with a schoolyard taunt melody backed by an explosive carnival beat that will shake the streets from Bed-Stuy to Baja. The track was produced by Switch and Buraka Som Systema and is available for free download at http://bit.ly/xsFCph

Don’t miss Santigold at SXSW!

3/13 Nikon & WMG Showcase @ La Zona Rosa

Above and Beyond at Epic in Minneapolis, MN – Nov 2009

Just wanted to take a minute to let you all know that you can now stream/download ATS songs over at: http://autographtheskyline.bandcamp.com/  We’re also setting up some really great shows so make sure to check back soon & see if Autograph the Skyline will be playing near you.

As always we love your feedback so make sure you let us know what you think,

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