Progressive metal god Devin Townsend will tour part of the US on a double headline bill with French metallers Gojira throughout January and February 2013.

The confirmed dates are as follows:

Jan. 14 – Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
Jan. 15 – Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB
Jan. 16 – Odeon Events Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Jan. 17 – MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB
Jan. 19 – Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Jan. 20 – Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
Jan. 21 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
Jan. 23 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
Jan. 24 – Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA
Jan. 25 – Henry Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 28 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Jan. 29 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
Jan. 31 – Granada Theatre – Dallas, TX
Feb. 01 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
Feb. 02 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
Feb. 04 – State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
Feb. 05 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Feb. 07 – Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Feb. 08 – Irving Plaza – New York, NY
Feb. 09 – Mr. Smalls – Millvale, PA
Feb. 12 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
Feb. 13 – Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON
Feb. 14 – Le National – Montreal, QC
Feb. 15 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Feb. 16 – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

Townsend released a new album ‘Epicloud’ in September 2012. Reports suggest he is in the process of demoing new material for a follow up release.

US pop-punks The Copyrights have a string of live dates upcoming.

Those in the US can catch the band at the following:

October 26, 2012 Stereo (the Fest 11) Gainesville, FL
October 31, 2012 8th St. Tap room Lawrence KS
November 1, 2012 Hi Dive Denver , CO
November 3, 2012 Yucca Tap Room Tempe, AZ
November 4, 2012 Soda Bar San Diego, CA
November 5, 2012 VLHS Pomona, CA
November 7, 2012 Slidebar Fullerton, CA
November 8, 2012 The Mint Los Angeles, CA
November 9, 2012 Thee Parkside San Franciso, CA
November 10, 2012 Dante’s Portland, OR
November 11, 2012 High Dive Seattle, WA
November 13, 2012 Surfside 7 Fort Collins, CO
November 14, 2012 Riot Room Kansas City, MO
November 15, 2012 Gramophone St.Louis, MO
November 16, 2012 Ultra Lounge Chicago, IL

The Copyrights last full-length album ‘North Sentinel Island’ was released in 2011.

Now celebrating their 20th anniversary, MxPx will visit Australia early next year for a few live dates, including a festival appearance.

The Seattle pop-punks will be appearing at the following:

March 6, 2013  The Zoo Brisbane, Australia
March 7, 2013 Manning Bar Sydney, Australia
March 8, 2013 Fowlers Live Adelaide, Australia
March 9, 2013 Forest Edge Festival Melbourne, Australia
March 10, 2013 Corner Hotel Melbourne, Australia

The band released their ninth studio album ‘Plans Within Plans’ in April 2012.

Norwegian AOR chanteuse Issa is about to unleash her third album in as many years.

‘Can’t Stop’ sees her putting her spin on various AOR obscurities from the 80s and 90s, including songs originally recorded by 21 Guns, Regatta, Avitor and more.

Prior to the album’s release (EUR: Nov 2nd / UK: Nov 6th / US/CA: Nov 7th), here is the official video for the title track ‘Can’t Stop’, a classic tune originally recorded by Aviator in 1986.

You can read reviews of Issa’s previous albums at the links below.

‘Sign of Angels’: https://www.realgonerocks.com/2010/11/issa-sign-of-angels/
‘The Storm’: https://www.realgonerocks.com/2011/11/issa/

Chop Love Carry Fire are back in the recording studio.

Following on from their 2011 self-titled EP, the alt-rock duo (featuring sometime Brad member Jeremy Toback and ex-Eels drummer Butch) expect to release their first full length album in 2013.

Until that time, they’ve posted this teaser. The song is called ‘Didn’t Mean To Be American’ and is accompanied by what Toback calls a “meditation clip” put together by Butch. [An earlier claymation clip for ‘Save’ can be viewed here.]