News: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce Fall Tour
Legendary post-rock bands, and personal favorites of the AltFreq staff, Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced an international fall tour in support of their new album, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress. The tour begins on September 9th right here in Washington, DC at the 9:30 Club, then hitting the eastern United States before heading over to England, and wrapping things up at the Pitchfork Festival in Paris in late October.
Tickets go on sale later this week, on July 9th and 10th.
Check after the jump for the full tour routing, and ticket links:
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Holy Ship! 2016 Lineups Released; Hear Music From Every Artist On Both Sailings
–Written by Kevin Madert
HARD released today the initial lineups for both 2016 Holy Ship sailings, crashing the festival’s website and setting off “January vs. February” debates that will surely rage until both boats have sailed and returned. January headliners include Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, Odesza, and Steve Aoki, while February’s lineup is topped by DJ Snake, Chromeo, Porter Robinson, RL Grime B2B Baauer, and Boys Noize.
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The Daily Frequency (6/30/15)
–Written by Kevin Madert
Another day, another deluge of musical happenings. If we missed a piece of music-related news that blew your mind, let us know in the comments!
1. From the “better late than never” department, technology übercompany Apple threw their hat into the digital streaming ring with the launch of Apple Music. Users are granted unlimited access to the tens of millions of songs in Apple’s formidable library for a monthly fee ($9.99 for individuals, $15.99 for a family account that allows up to six simultaneous users). While we’ll probably be given all sorts of exclusives thanks to Apple’s deep pockets and industry clout – Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, for example, will be available for streaming for the first time ever via Apple Music – the service still lacks in some areas – there’s not much social interaction (a lá Spotify) and the music streams in 256kbps (320kbps is the norm). The company is offering free three month trials for all first-time users, so you can decide for yourself if Apple Music is the next big thing or simply another lackluster wave (*cough* Tidal *cough*). (via Time)
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News: Deadmau5 in the Studio with Feed Me
According to Feed Me’s Facebook page, the electro alter-ego of Jon Gooch has entered the studio with Deadmau5. Both Gooch and Joel Zimmerman are incredibly talented musicians, and revolutionaries in their respective genres. Over the past few years, the two producers styles have become more developed and more unique, which gave way to more experimental, yet refined tunes, such as those found on Feed Me’s newest EP A Warrior Descends on Tokyo. Of course, this means their studio session together can is sure to produce something epic, this is definitely a collab to keep an eye on.
We’ll be sure to provide updates as they become available.
Image Credit: Rukes.com
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News: The Get Up Kids & Saves the Day Release Split Children’s EP
Want to feel old in the strangest way possible today? Then have I got news for you.
The Get Up Kids and Saves the Day have released a split EP, where they reworked two of their classic songs into children’s songs under the names The Get Up Dads and Saves the Daycare. The Get Up Kids reworked “10 Minutes to Downtown” into “10 Minutes to Bedtime”, and Saves the Day took “Hold” and made “How to Spell (ABC’s)”.
As odd as this news may sound, it’s for a good cause. All proceeds from the Bandcamp page will be donated to Little Kids Rock, a charity that helps bring music programs to schools.
Check out the album here, and be sure to donate for a good cause.
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News: Parkway Drive Announce New Album
In the next chapter of “Australians are really good at music,” Parkway Drive have announced a new album, Ire, due out on September 25th on Epitaph Records. They paired this announcement with a music video for their newest single “Vice Grip”, as a taste of what we can expect from their new material.
Based of “Vice Grip”, we can expect fairly traditional fare from Parkway Drive – which is hardly a bad thing – with a slightly more melodic take – which is a very good thing. If the rest of the album follows suit, this will be a very solid progression for the metalcore band.
Check after the jump for the music video for “Vice Grip” and stay tuned for more news on Ire.
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