Weezer have confirmed a handful of US shows for the first half of 2014.
The confirmed appearances are as follows:
Diabolical: Neogenesis tour – third chapter dates
Swedish death metal titans Diabolical have confirmed a third set of dates to promote their 2013 release ‘Neogenesis’.
‘Neogenesis: The Third Chapter’ sees the band play across Europe in the spring:
Blackmore’s Night confirm Euro shows
Blackmore’s Night (featuring Ritchie Blackmore and Candace Night) have announced a run of live dates for Europe. The dates will see them visit Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic during the summer.
WAX FANG – The Astronaut
Following a release of a handful of digital onIy singles released throughout 2013, Wax Fang pull out all the stops on this full-length offering – five tracks, forty-plus minutes and the disastrous tale of “an astronaut separated from his craft and swallowed by a black hole”. In the hands of some, a concept album can be fabulous, in others, it’s the worst kind of self-indulgence not far from career suicide. Thankfully, for Wax Fang, ‘The Astronaut’ and its grand scale works well, the directness of parts of their music overshadowing most of the potential for grandiose meandering. This sprawling opus has one main aim: to grab the listener and sonically melt them with the push and pull between hard rock grooves and sonic textres. Various influences drift in and out – from Hawkwind, Muse, tiny nods to Mars Volta, ambient, Krautrock and touches of stoner – though none ever quite take a dominant hold, meaning Wax Fang’s odd menagerie of noise-making isn’t always too predictable.
FUNKYJENN – Rock ‘N’ Roll Voodoo Queen
You know what they say – if you don’t want your music to date, make music with an old heart. It’s a game plan that’s stood The Black Crowes in good stead for many a fine record; nor does it hurt so many blues-rock bands out there whose work draws its main thrust from The Stones and The Faces, circa 1971. For blues and bar-room rock, that seems to be the point where everything stops…and miraculously rarely sounds dated and oft retains a vigour that sits at the heart of so much great good-time r ‘n’ r. Jenn’s sound is made of such classic stuff: each of its elements instantly familiar, warming and welcoming – and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Voodoo Queen’ all the better for it.