Taking time off from touring with Journey, guitarist Neal Schon released his seventh solo album in October 2012. His first release for Frontiers Records, ‘The Calling’ showcased the more indulgent elements within his repertoire and while the heavy jazz-rock leanings may not have been in keeping with what most Journey fans were looking for, most of the results were spectacular. An album so good, in fact, he mightn’t top it if he attempted something similar so soon…and so, with ‘So U’ Schon looks far more towards song based material to ensure it isn’t just a retread of its predecessor.
Crowsaw tour dates
As promotion for their current album ‘Smoke & Feathers’, UK blues rockers Crowsaw take to the road later in June, embarking on a tour visiting various towns and cities throughout the summer.
All confirmed dates are listed below.
New video from Casualties of Cool
With the Pledge campaign over, Devin Townsend’s new project Casulaties of Cool is now available to enjoy in both standard and 2CD editions. As part of the ongoing promotion for the release, there’s now a new video clip available which you can view in full below.
Two UK live shows have also been confirmed for Casualities of Cool: the first is at the Beautiful Days Festival in Devon on 17th August; the second at London’s Union Chapel on 4th September.
EMPIRES OF LIGHT – Apricity EP
Born at the very beginning of 2014, Empires of Light is a post rock/extreme metal band sprung from the ashes of History of the Hawk, sharing members with doom metal band Opium Lord. On their first release ‘Apricity’, dark tendencies are abound as the quartet of musicians seek to explore as much musical ground as possible within a relatively short duration, resulting in twenty five minutes of both distorted sonic spaciousness and sledgehammer riffs.
Reagan Browne returning to the UK in October
Reagan Browne makes a return trip to the UK towards the end of 2014.
The US rock vocalist has confirmed four shows, with two return appearances at venues first played on his 2013 trip.