Touch and Go to cut staff distribution services
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- Touch and Go to cut staff distribution services
- Eagles of Death Metal live at the Agora 2/18
- Brat Days lands Poison front man
- Anvil’s alternative Brits party
- Hard Rock a stepping stone Local band ne Step Away has Sunday gig …
Touch and Go to cut staff distribution services
Los Angeles Times CA -
"Touch and Go will be returning to its roots and focusing solely onbeing an independent record label" read the statement. "We?ll be busy for a few monthsworking closely with the departing labels and scaling our company to anappropriate smaller size after their departure. "Touch and Go which rose to prominence in the alternative rock era with the success of such acts as the Butthole Surfers the Jesus Lizard and Urge verkill among others has acted as a manufacturer and a distributor for 20-plus labels. That operation will end according to the statement. "The current state of the economy has reached the point where we can nolonger afford to continue this lesser known yet important part ofTouch and Go?s operations" reads the statement. Touch and Go has handled distribution for such labels as Merge Records (Arcade Fire M. Ward) Suicide Squeeze (Minus the Bear) and Kill Rock Stars (the Decemberists’ Colin Melloy).
Eagles of Death Metal live at the Agora 2/18
Examiner.com -
The main partners in the group Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes decided to see if they could create something different from what was currently out there in the music industry at the time. They created a band that took glam rock indie rock alternative rock and a whole bunch of humor. The result is a band that gives the music-loving public something that was lacking from music- an alternative to the same old-same old. You may know the name Josh Homme (.
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Brat Days lands Poison front man
Sheboygan Press WI -
“To us this is just huge” said Bob Konrad Brat Days entertainment coordinator. “We are thanking our lucky stars everything fell into place. “In addition alternative rock bands Eve 6 and The Gufs are scheduled to play the festival’s main stage on Saturday Aug. Brat Days which is coordinated every year by the Sheboygan Jaycees is a summertime ritual that includes a parade entertainment games beer and of course brats. This year’s festival is scheduled to run July 30 and Aug.
Anvil’s alternative Brits party
BBC News UK -
No we’re not talking about U2 opening the Brit Awards. This is Anvil the early 80s metal band whom after influencing some of the biggest names in their genre [Metallica Slayer] somehow got forgotten and seemed destined to become a mere footnote in rock’s bibliography. The Brit Awards might be taking place six miles away down the road in west London but they might as well be in a different universe. Anvil’s nightHere at Anvil’s celebration the hair is much worse the behaviour much wilder and the music much louder. “The story needed to be told for many years” says drummer Rob Reiner ducking into a nearby karaoke booth to take a break from the party. “Now I’m glad it’s been told and people are engaging with it – everybody gets it and they want to see the band succeed.
Hard Rock a stepping stone Local band ne Step Away has Sunday gig …
Andover Townsman MA -
After a relatively slow start Nuzzolo said the band is playing more shows and getting its name out there. Last month the band made it to the top 10 of an online battle of the bands after initially competing against thousands other bands across the country. ne Step Away was named a winner of the Boston Music Festival Alternative Rock Genre last year. The band has also kept busy writing new material and will debut three songs this weekend. “Every song we write it just keeps getting better and better” said Carrington. “We all keep improving as songwriters the more we write. ne click awayFor more on the band visit:www.
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