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Mutiny Within's "Awake" on Revolver's Bootleg Series - In their new Bootleg Series, Revolver promises to post "cool, new, and often-exclusive tracks for you to hear before anyone else." And in keeping that promise, this week, the esteemed publication is offering Mutiny Within's crushing first single "Awake."
Bassist Andrew Jacobs tells Revolver about the song, saying, "“Awake” is one of the songs that I connect with the most, but Chris [Clancy, vocals] won’t tell me what it’s actually about. [Laughs] Chris doesn’t explain his lyrics much, he prefers to let the listener come up with their own interpretation. This song actually helped me through a rough time recently. I played it over and over again. The reason I enjoy this song so much is because it’s one of the few songs Chris has written in which there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel...“Sorrow breaks me down, it’s crushing me tonight, but I feel alive, somewhere inside.”"
Go here to hear the track and read more about what AJ had to say about "Awake."
Mutiny Within is out now. Get your copy for only $5 RIGHT HERE!Dommin Check In From Europe: Tours End, Tours Begin - Having embarked on their first-ever European tour at the beginning of February right around the release of their debut album Love is Gone, goth-rock newcomers Dommin have conquered some pretty big firsts so far this year.
Keeping us up to speed as they experienced Europe, frontman Kristofer Dommin wrote in from the road giving a run down of every stop along the way. But as the tour with Lacuna Coil comes to an end in Italy, Dommin offers his summation of the experience and contemplates what's next in store as the band prepares to join HIM on some more European dates.
Writes Kris, "We are traveling somewhere among the snow covered Alps at the most northern area of Italy. Its our day off between tours. The show last night in Treviso went very well, and I can officially say, Italy and Dommin are having a beautiful love affair. It was another night of wild fans showing their appreciation and support for this new American band and us giving everything we had in us to the audience. All the shows in Italy were amazing and officially the best of the tour. It was a bittersweet show. We are happy to have accomplished our first European tour but sad to be saying goodbye to our friends in Lacuna.
I am curious to know what some of these cities are going to be like on round 2. The tour with HIM starts tomorrow. Its going to be the first hectic day as usual, I'm sure. It will largely be crew trying to work out all the kinks with sound and lights. We'll be meeting our new tourmates as well. And we'll be spending a lot of time together as this 2 band bill will turn into a 4 band bill in the U.S. I've already heard great things about the HIM guys so I'm sure it will be pretty cool. But we are hitting some of the same areas we did with Lacuna. Now that our album has been out for a few weeks in the UK, it will be interesting to see the reaction.
I've also been thinking about the last show of this tour. We are leaving Europe doing one headlining show in London and I'm trying to figure out how we can make it special. It will keep my mind occupied on this long drive."
Read the whole thing right here and get your copy of Love Is Gone now!
Airbourne Go Track By Track Through No Guts. No Glory. - As Australian rockers Airbourne get ready to release their sophomore album No Guts. No Glory., we check in with brothers Joel & Ryan O'Keeffe to find out what went into the writing and making of each track.
Check out part 1 as they discuss the first 6 tracks on the album: "Born to Kill," "No Way But the Hard Way," "Blonde, Bad and Beautiful," "Raise the Flag," "Bottom of the Well" and "White Line Fever."
Watch it below, check back to hear about the second half of the album later this week and don't forget to pre-order your copy of the April 20th release No Guts. No Glory. RIGHT HERE!
Roadrunner Newcomers Hail the Villain Stream First Single - Canadian heavy-hitters and Roadrunner Records newcomers Hail the Villain prepare for the release of their forthcoming debut album by offering a listen to their first singe, "Take Back the Fear."
Formed after singer Bryan Crouch quit school, Hail the Villain's sound and style was crafted on Crouch's headspace in doing so. Says the singer, “When I was writing, I was under a lot of stress and was paranoid. I thought my health was not right, I thought I was in trouble. I made so many crazy mistakes instead of choosing the right path like my brother did. We all dropped out of school… I was just freaking out. This record was the be all and end all. If this didn’t work, I’d have to find a job and smarten up.”
On the track (below), Crouch adds, "‘Take Back The Fear’ was when I was coming out of my paranoia saying that I’m not going to be scared anymore. I’m going to find out what’s wrong.”
Listen to the track right here, and check back for more on this burgeoning band soon.
"Take Back the Fear" will be available for purchase on March 30th. The full album, Population: Declining hits shelves on June 8th. Information on the accompanying comic book to the album TBA.Mutiny Within Tell MetalUnderground Their Tale From the Pit - Metalunderground.com has a recurring series where they get bands to discuss their favorite mosh pit stories, and earlier this month they enlisted Mutiny Within bassist Andrew "AJ" Jacobs to spill his.
Says Jacobs, "I was about 15 years old, went to see Children Of Bodom live, my favorite band at the time. So I was crowd surfing, screaming along with the lyrics, etc. Then I got into the pit, and oh man, I got my ass kicked. Not just that, but my sneaker came loose and I lost it. I had those big VANS sneakers, so it's no wonder it fell off."
Continues Jacobs, "By the end of the show, I made it up to the barricade. When the last song ended and people started clearing out, I saw a bunch of random sneakers near the security guard. I said "Give me a left shoe!", so they did. It wasn't mine, but I wore it for the next week until I bought some new shoes. Needless to say, I steered away from VANS ever since."
Read the full account of Jacobs' pit story right here, and don't miss your chance to get Mutiny Within's self-titled debut for only 5 bucks RIGHT HERE!
Pop & Rock news by RollingStone:
The Secrets Behind the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" Reissue -
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards reevaluate their classic 1972 double album
Get the full story on the never-before-heard tracks on the Rolling Stone's upcoming Exile on Main Street reissue in our new issue, on stands now.
In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards talk about plundering their vaults for the
Spring Music Preview 2010 -
From MGMT to Erykah Badu, a first listen to 2010's hottest albums
From Katy Perry and Stone Temple Pilots to MGMT and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, some of 2010's most anticipated albums are hitting stores this season. Big debuts from Court Yard Hounds and Drake are due, along with eagerly awaited releases by Christina Aguilera, Hole, the Hold Steady and Gaslight Anthem. Read up on 38 of the spring's discs, plus get your first listen to new tunes from Jakob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Peter Wolf, and watch exclusive performances and sneak peeks featuring fre...
Lil Wayne Goes to Jail -
Up all night with hip-hop's unstoppable machine as he prepares to spend the next year behind bars
This story was originally published in February 2010. Since then, Lil Wayne's sentencing has been postponed two times. For the latest on his developing case, click here.
"I don't like to stop," says Lil Wayne. "I believe you stop when you die." The biggest rapper in the world stands 23 floors above Atlanta and five feet six in black Chuck Taylors, his wifebeater tee baring a torso as ink-covered as the pages of a doodler's notebook. It's 8:30 p.m., two days after Christmas, and he will be up...
Post-Paula Depression -
The unthinkable has happened - by losing Paula's craziness, and with Simon heading for the door, "American Idol" feels like it has finally reached the end of its run
How do you replace Paula Abdul? You don't. That's no knock on Ellen DeGeneres — it's just that absurd Hollywood creatures like Paula are rare and precious flukes of the universe, like the Loch Ness monster in sequined capri pants. Without Paula, American Idol loses its crazy factor, the suspenseful thrill that you're never more than a few minutes away from seeing a grade-A display of batshit antics on live TV. And what is American Idol without a dose of crazy?
Sending Ellen in to...
The Yoga Cult -
How a Korean guru has created a fanatical following on college campuses that is part Moonies, part New Age boot camp and pure profit
Read a rebuttal to Rolling Stone's Dahn Yoga story by Joseph Alexander, the Vice President-Communications for Dahn Yoga & Health Centers — plus RS' response.
If you looked at it from a certain perspective, the exercises Amy Shipley did in Dahn Yoga were perfectly normal. Take what she was doing right now. It was near midnight. Amy and seven other devotees of Dahn Yoga — nearly all in their 20s, clad in blue tracksuits and barely functioning on three hours of sleep — were...
General music news by Yahoo:
Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son
(AP)
-  AP - Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death
Jennifer Hudson to perform 'One Shining Moment'
(AP)
-  AP - Jennifer Hudson will have her "One Shining Moment."
On `Idol,' Bowersox shines; 3 sink in judges' eyes
(AP)
-  AP - If the "American Idol" judges hold sway over viewers, contestants Katie Stevens, Paige Miles and Katelyn Epperly should be nervous about making it into the top 12.
Simon & Garfunkel begin Canada trek next month
(Reuters)
- Reuters - Canada, get ready: a few "Old Friends" are heading your way.DMX back in jail for alleged probation violation
(AP)
- AP - Authorities in Arizona say rapper DMX has been arrested for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs.
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[Miscellaneous Music Industry News]
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