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Lollapalooza Adds Danger Mouse, Von Bondies; Dates Unveiled

28 Apr 2004 04:48:00 EDT

Twelve markets confirmed so far, with L.A., New York to come.
By Joe D'Angelo

Danger Mouse (file)
Photo: MTV News

The Grey Album mastermind Danger Mouse, Detroit garage rockers the Von Bondies and New York hipsters the Walkmen are among the latest crop of artists to join Morrissey, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips on this summer's Lollapalooza lineup.

Alongside other previously announced artists the String Cheese Incident, Modest Mouse, Le Tigre, Gomez, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and the Polyphonic Spree (see "Lollapalooza's Farrell Explains His Taste For String Cheese"), the trek will also showcase the talents of Broken Social Scene, the Datsuns, Bumblebeez 81, the Secret Machines, the Thrills, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Elbow, Wheat and the lone hip-hop artists on the bill thus far, the Coup.

Lollapalooza founder and organizer Perry Farrell will also be on hand, performing as his electronic-music alter ego, DJ Peretz, at each stop. Additional artists are expected, and not all artists will perform at every stop.

The two-day package tour kicks off July 14 and 15 at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. Tickets for the July 17 and 18 shows at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, outside of San Francisco, go on sale Sunday. Ten additional markets have been confirmed, with shows around New York and Los Angeles still to be announced. Special guests are expected at each show, a tour spokesperson said.

For the Shoreline show, tickets are priced at $49.50 per day for reserved seats and $29.50 for general admission. Two-day general admission passes will go for $50.

Lollapalooza's partial itinerary, according to spokespersons for the tour:

7/14 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
7/15 - Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
7/17 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/18 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/26 - Englewood, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre
7/27 - Englewood, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre
7/29 - Tinley Park, IL @ Tweeter Center
7/30 - Tinley Park, IL @ Tweeter Center
8/2 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/3 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/5 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
8/6 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
8/9 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
8/10 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
8/12 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post
8/13 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post
8/14 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
8/15 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
8/18 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center At the Waterfront
8/19 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center At the Waterfront
8/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Turner Field
8/22 - Atlanta, GA @ Turner Field
8/24 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center
8/25 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Center

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Metal File: Hard And Heavy News On Ozzfest, Sick Of It All, Lamb Of God, Halford, Candiria, Motorhead And More

24 Apr 2003 02:20:00 EDT

Lamb of God
Photo: Prosthetic Records

Hey fellow metalists, what's up? How's it been with you this week? Iann Robinson here with a big helping of metal news for you to feast on, all of it very cool.

The big thing for me this week was the Lamb of God record, As the Palaces Burn. This is a bad-ass record that may just crush everything in its wake. LOG take the best aspects of thrash and death metal and combine them into a sonic fury that hits its zenith by creating killer riffs that are also killer hooks — not an easy job.

I also got to check out the new Katatonia album, Viva Emptiness, which is amazing. Building on the new sounds of their last offerings, Katatonia manage to blend prog-rock, metal and goth music perfectly. It's definitely one of the more sonically dense and experimental records I've heard in the world of metal.

My final thing is a bit of a gripe with the band 16. Now we all know 16 are amazing, we all know their take on ultra-violence hardcore is second to nobody, but they have a new album out in Japan called Zoloft Smile, and I've heard some of it. It's really good work, but YOU CAN'T GET IT IN THE STATES. Please 16, if you love us at all, work on getting it out in the U.S. I tried to get it off their Web site, but it jumps you to a site for the Japanese record label releasing the record, and the whole thing is in Japanese making it impossible to order. I beg you 16, unleash the carnage here, for us! Well, that's it, read on, dig the metal news and remember, if you find yourself giving the devil horns to a fellow frat brother during a "kegger," this ain't the page for you!

You won't see the King when the Jailhouse Rock Part 2 Tour kicks off in June, but you can catch hardcore heavyweights Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, Throwdown and relative newcomers Full Blown Chaos. The short East Coast trek will begin June 5th. ... Meanwhile, Hatebreed will hit the studio on April 26 to start recording their next album. ...

Sick of It All will be releasing a new album this summer titled Life on the Ropes. ... Entombed also return this summer. They will release Inferno on August 4. …

Make more room in the Ozzfest parking lot: The Datsuns have been added to the tour's main stage for five dates, while Revolution Smile and Marz have been added to the Ozzfest second stage. ...

The bands behind the Metal Gods 2003 Tour — Halford, Immortal, Primal Fear and Pain Museum — will hit the HMV Superstore in Toronto on Monday for an autograph session. ...

Day-glow greasepaint manufacturers rejoice: Twisted Sister are getting back together for a reunion tour of military bases. The band will hit one Air Force base and two Army bases in South Korea next month for the tour, presented by the USO. ...

When Candiria take the stage at New York's legendary CBGB's on May 5, it will mark the jazz-metal-hardcore band's first appearance since being sidelined by an auto accident nearly eight months ago. The newly reinvigorated band will be joined by Start The End, Locked in a Vacancy and Most Precious Blood. ... Chimaira also returned to the road this week after a minor bus accident that forced the band to cancel a show in Virginia. The band's bus hit a construction barricade outside of Pittsburgh on Monday, and no one was injured in the crash. The band's new album, The Impossibility of Reason, is due on May 13. …

After their stint opening for Motörhead and the Dwarves this month, High on Fire will gear up for a summer headlining tour. ... Speaking of the almighty Motörhead, the band has tapped New York's HavocHate to open its upcoming tour with Anthrax and Erase the Gray. The tour kicks off on May 7 in Norfolk, Virginia. … Elsewhere on the road, Kataklysm will join The Haunted and Shai Hulud on a full North American tour launching in May. …

Dysrhythmia are set to unveil their Relapse Records debut, Pretest, on May 13. The album was produced by noise master Steve Albini (Helmet, Nirvana, Killdozer, Pixies). ...

Poison the Well have decided to call their major-label debut You Come Before You. Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon, who handled the artwork for last year's Tear From the Red, will return to work on the forthcoming album, which is due in stores June 1. ... Meanwhile, Converge's "The Long Road Home" DVD will arrive in stores on May 20. ...

Stoner rock band Stonerwitch have broken up due to "irreconcilable differences". ... Madball return on June 20 when they team up with Most Precious Blood for a tour that runs through July 12. …

Black metal heroes Impaled Nazarene will start work on their eighth album, titled All That You Fear, on July 1. The album will mark the recording debut of new guitarist Tuomo Louhio. ...

Progressive metal masterminds King's X return to record stores on May 20 with Black Like Sunday. For the album, the band dug up 14 songs written in its earliest days (prior to adopting the name King's X) and recorded them recently for the first time. None of the songs have been recorded before.

—Compiled by Iann Robinson, Ryan Downey, Jon Wiederhorn and Robert Mancini

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New Releases: Lil' Kim, Folk Implosion, Cursive, Special Goodness, Voivod, Fabolous, Datsuns & More

4 Mar 2003 07:57:00 EST

Lil' Kim
Photo: Queen Bee/Atlantic

Lil' Kim has gone from the Junior M.A.F.I.A to La Bella Mafia as 50 Cent, Missy Elliott and even the Notorious B.I.G. collaborate with the Queen Bee on her new album. Meanwhile, Fabolous pairs up with some of Kim's pals, P. Diddy and Mary J. Blige, on Street Dreams.

Folk Implosion — the side project of Sebadoh's Lou Barlow that outlasted the original project — return with The New Folk Implosion. And in other side project news, Weezer's Pat Wilson's the Special Goodness releases Land, Air, Sea.

Kristin Hersh packs a double punch this week as she releases both her moody solo rock on The Grotto and her band Throwing Muses' self-titled LP.

Continuing the eponymous album trend is metal outfit Voivod's 13th record, featuring the return of original singer Denis Belanger and new member Jason Newsted, formerly of Metallica. Plus, Hootie and the Blowfish issue their new, self-titled album alongside New Zealand rockers the Datsuns.

The soundtrack to last year's indie film "The Slaughter Rule" features contributions from Ryan Adams, Neko Case and Uncle Tupelo plus covers of classics like Vic Chesnutt's "Rank Stranger." Meanwhile, Eve and Foxy Brown appear on the "Bringing Down the House" soundtrack, the movie starring that hilariously mismatched pair of Queen Latifah and Steve Martin.

Finally, Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around is the fourth installment in the Man in Black's partnership with producer Rick Rubin. On it, Cash covers Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," the Beatles' "In My Life" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus."

Out Tuesday, March 4:

The 88 - Kind of Light (EMK)
Ataris - So Long, Astoria (Columbia)
Bloodthirsty Lovers - Bloodthirsty Lovers (French Kiss)
Boomkat - The Wreckoning (DreamWorks)
Boris - Amplifier Worship (Southern Lord)
Budapest - Too Blind to Hear (Universal)
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (Universal)
Read: "Lens Recap: The Story Behind Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'"
Chilee Powdah - 480 Headbangers (Powdahland)
Choppa - Straight From the N.O. (New No Limit)
The Coral - The Coral (Columbia)
Crusaders - Rural Renewal (GRP)
Cursive - The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek)
Chris Cutler and Thomas Dimuzio - Dust (ReR)
Datsuns - The Datsuns (V2)
Decemberists - 5 Songs (EP, Hush)
Delinquent Habits - Freedom Band (Ark 21)
Drunkenmunky - E (Ultra)
Entrance - The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken by Storm (Tiger Style)
Evanescence - Fallen (Wind-Up)
Fabolous - Street Dreams (Elektra/Desert Storm)
Read: "Fabolous Gets Payback From Missy, Lil' Mo For New Album"
Buy Now: Street Dreams (Elektra/Desert Storm)
Rose Falcon - Rose Falcon (EP, Columbia)
Jay Farrar - "The Slaughter Rule" soundtrack (Bloodshot)
Folk Implosion - The New Folk Implosion (Artist Direct)
Beth Gibbons - Tom the Model (Universal)
Girls in the Club - Girls in the Club (Downsouthrap)
Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre - Love Love Love (Troubleman Unlimited)
The Hangmen - We've Got Blood on the Toes of Our Boots (Acetate)
Here Be Dragons - Alcohol & Rain (Silverwolf)
Bernard Herrmann (conducted by Joel McNeely) - "The Day the Earth Stood Still" score (Varese Sarabande)
Kristin Hersh - The Grotto (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
Will Hoge - Black Bird on a Lonely Wire (Atlantic)
Hollywood Hate - Product of Our Environment (TKO)
Hootie and the Blowfish - Hootie and the Blowfish (Atlantic)
Buy Now: Hootie and the Blowfish (Atlantic)
Hot Action Cop - Hot Action Cop (Atlantic)
Eric Idle - The Rutland Isles (iMusic)
Intro5pect - Intro5pect (A-F)
Inventing Edward - We've Met an Impasse: By Midnight We'll Be Naked (Substandard)
Stephen Jones - Almost Cured of Sadness (Sanctuary)
Lauren Kennedy - Sings the Songs of Jason Robert Brown (Image Entertainment)
King Crimson - The Power to Believe (Sanctuary)
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (Load)
Lil' Kim - La Bella Mafia (Queen Bee/Undeas/Atlantic)
Read: "Lil' Kim Fights To Earn Back Street Cred On Mafia LP"
Buy Now: La Bella Mafia (Queen Bee/Undeas/Atlantic)
Necks - Aether (ReR)
Oleander - Joyride(Sanctuary)
Ossatura - Verso (ReR)
Pay the Girl - Pay the Girl (TVT)
Procol Harum - The Well's on Fire (Eagle)
Red Thread - After the Last (Badman)
Graeme Revell - "Daredevil" score (Varese Sarabande)
Chris Rice - Run the Earth, Watch the Sky (Rocketown)
Rivulets - Debridement (Chairkickers)
Sharpshooters - Twice as Nice (Light in the Attic)
Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. (Secretly Canadian)
The Special Goodness - Land, Air, Sea (Control Group)
Thermals - More Parts Per Million (Sub Pop)
Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
Triple Threat - Many Styles (Fat Beats)
Tony Trischka - New Deal (Rounder)
Brian Tyler - "Darkness Falls" score (Varese Sarabande)
Under Threat - Behind Mankinds Disguise (Conquest)
Voivod - Voivod (Chophouse/Surfdog)
Read: "Jason Newsted Says His New Band Can Kick Metallica's Ass"
Vue - Babies Are for Petting (EP, RCA)
Wayne Wonder - No Holding Back (Atlantic)
Woven Hand - Woven Hand (Sounds Familyre)
Warren Zanes - Memory Girls (DualTone)
Various artists - Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection (Windham Hill)
Various artists - "Bringing Down the House" soundtrack (Hollywood)
Various artists - "First Lady Suite: A Musical by Michael John LaChiusa" soundtrack (Image Entertainment)
Various artists - Jazz Lounge 2 (Varese Sarabande)
Various artists - "The Quiet American" soundtrack (Varese Sarabande)
DVD: The Chieftains - "Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions" (RCA Victor)
DVD: George Strait - "For the Last Time - Live from the Astrodome" (MCA Nashville)