The Anarchestra is set up as an interactive art installation that the public gets to play, with instruments that no one has ever seen or heard. Then, this guy learns to play them. Don’t laugh, this is probably how the theremin or kazoo started.
R5 Announce Major U.S. Tour & July 10 SOMETIME LAST NIGHT Album Release Date
After almost two years of touring the world to packed-house crowds in more than 20 countries, enthralling fans across the globe with their live show, pop-rock quintet R5 has announced the upcoming release of their sophomore album, Sometime Last Night, and a major U.S. summer headlining tour of the same name.
Due out July 10 worldwide, the album is available for general public pre-order (U.S. only) beginning April 6 at 12 p.m. Eastern HERE. Those pre-ordering the album will receive a special presale code that allows early access to purchase tickets to R5’s summer tour.
The 30+ date U.S. tour, featuring special guests Jacob Whitesides and Ryland, will bring R5’s electrifying show to every corner of the U.S. The tour kicks off July 7 in Orange Park, FL at the Thrasher-Horne Center For The Arts and will include stops in Boston, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Houston, San Jose, Phoenix and Los Angeles at the famed Greek Theatre on August 23.
R5 fan club members will have first access to concert tickets through the band’s fan club presale beginning April 14 at 10 a.m. local time while those with a presale code from the album’s pre-order can purchase tickets starting at 12 p.m. local time at https://www.r5rocks.com/tour. Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public in select cities starting April 17 at 10 a.m. local time. For more information, please visit www.R5Rocks.com and www.AXS.com.
“We can’t wait for our fans to see what we have in store for them this summer,” said the band. “Playing such amazing venues has always been a dream of ours and we’re so excited to have our fans be a part of it.”
Adding to the excitement, R5 today premiered the video for the first single from their upcoming album, “Let’s Not Be Alone Tonight” exclusively on Vevo. The video was shot in Los Angeles with award-winning video director Robert Hales, who has also directed hit music videos for Justin Timberlake, Death Cab For Cutie, Imagine Dragons, and Alicia Keys, among others.
As previously announced, R5 teamed up with Fathom Events and AEG Live to bring the pop rock sensation’s incredible story to the big screen in R5: All Day, All Night. This special concert documentary event comes to nearly 400 select cinemas nationwide for one incredible night on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. local time and includes epic concert footage – including the band’s standing-room-only performance at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre –, never-before-seen interviews and a look at the band from where they started to where they are now. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices.
R5 U.S. Summer 2015 Tour Dates
| Date | City | Venue |
| July 7, 2015 | Orange Park, FL | Thrasher-Horne Center For The Arts |
| July 8, 2015 | Boca Raton, FL | Mizner Park Amphitheater |
| July 10, 2015 | Alpharetta, GA* | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| July 11, 2015 | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh Memorial Auditorium |
| July 12, 2015 | Vienna, VA** | Wolf Trap |
| July 14, 2015 | Mashantucket, CT | The Grand Theater at Foxwood Casino |
| July 16, 2015 | Gilford, NH | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook |
| July 17, 2015 | Boston, MA | House of Blues |
| July 18, 2015 | West Windsor, NJ | Mercer County Park Festival Grounds |
| July 20, 2015 | Pittsburgh, PA | Stage AE – Outdoors |
| July 21, 2015 | Kettering, OH*** | Fraze Pavilion |
| July 22, 2015 | Sterling Heights, MI | Freedom Hill Amphitheatre |
| July 24, 2015 | Milwaukee, WI | Riverside Theater |
| July 25, 2015 | St. Charles, MO | The Family Arena |
| July 26, 2015 | Kansas City, MO | Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland |
| July 28, 2015 | Bloomington, IL | U.S. Cellular Coliseum |
| July 29, 2015 | Louisville, KY | Iroquois Amphitheater |
| July 30, 2015 | Whites Creek, TN | The Woods At Fontanel |
| August 1, 2015 | Oklahoma City, OK | Frontier City Starlight Amphitheater |
| August 2, 2015 | Grand Prairie, TX | Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie |
| August 4, 2015 | Houston, TX | Bayou Music Center |
| August 5, 2015 | New Braunfels, TX | Whitewater Amphitheatre |
| August 8, 2015 | Denver, CO | Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park |
| August 11, 2015 | West Valley City, UT | Maverik Center |
| August 12, 2015 | Boise, ID | Morrison Center For The Performing Arts |
| August 14, 2015 | Redmond, WA | Marymoor Park |
| August 15, 2015 | Eugene, OR | Cuthbert Amphitheatre |
| August 18, 2015 | San Jose, CA | City National Civic |
| August 20, 2015 | Henderson, NV | Henderson Pavilion |
| August 22, 2015 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa Amphitheatre |
| August 23, 2015 | Los Angeles, CA | Greek Theatre |
*Tickets on sale April 17 at 12:00 p.m. local time
**Tickets on sale April 25 at 10:00 a.m. local time
***Tickets on sale April 18 at 9:00 a.m. local time
Official Trailer of The Who Managers In New Music Doc “Lambert & Stamp”
Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and Stamp searched for months and finally found in a band called the High Numbers a rebellious restlessness that was just what they were looking for. Abandoning their plans to make a film, they instead decided to mentor and manage this group, which evolved into the iconic band known as the Who. The result was rock ‘n’ roll history.
Justin Bieber does a VERY good Ozzy Osbourne impression
Lip Sync Battle is already a huge viral sensation. Now Spike is taking it to the next level with its very own show, hosted by LL Cool J and with colorful commentary by social media maven, Chrissy Teigen. Each episode will feature two A-list celebrities like you’ve never seen them before – syncing their hearts out in hysterically epic performances. The mic is off, the battle is on!
Justin Bieber goes metal in this performance of Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. Tune in to Lip Sync Battle on Spike to watch the complete segment.
Official Global Trailer For NWA’s Straight Outta Compton
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
You Can Now Interact With a Led Zeppelin, Coldplay or Bob Dylan Video
Founded by Israeli musician and self-proclaimed tech geek Yoni Bloch, Interlude was the realization of a vision to create a new type of interactive video, offering users a seamless online video experience that enables video creators to express themselves in a new way.
It started when Yoni and his band wanted to create a unique music video that his audience would want to play over and over again. Inspired by video games and non-linear stories like “Dungeons & Dragons” that they had loved as kids, the band filmed the video with a similar structure in mind. When they discovered that no technology existed that would support their vision of online seamless interactive play, the co-founders set out to develop such technology themselves.
With their first interactive music video, the team found that given the opportunity to interact, viewers were excited to lean forward and engage, making choices that reflected their preferences and replaying the video multiple times to explore alternate paths. With digital platforms being interactive by nature, and audiences primed for interactive content, developing a platform that would inspire creativity and offer more immersive video experiences seemed obvious.
And so Interlude was born.
Now, you can yourself in the world of interactive video with project galleries, tutorials, free assets and more to inspire you.
Here’s Led Zeppelin’s Trampled Under Foot.
And have fun with Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone
Or check out Coldplay’s Ink.
‘Rock Chicks’, Badass Heavy Metal Band Made of Baby Chicks Trashes the Stage
Nothing says Easter more than exposing a bunch of chicks for what they really are…secret metalheads. So, in a bid to wish each and every single one of you a riotous Easter from the equally riotous Download team, here’s a bunch of chicks.
Squirtgun Records Celebrates 20th Anniversary with ‘Return of Our Stupid Noise’ Comp
In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Squirtgun Records (distributed by eOne Music Canada) presents Return Of Our Stupid Noise, a raucous roll-call of Squirtgun co-conspirators both new and old. Out May 5th, the record is the result is a righteous re-affirmation of the newly reloaded Toronto label’s distinctive sound and aesthetic, as well as a scintillating hint of glories to come in the fantastic 21st century.
In the youth-obsessed world of Rock N Roll, Squirtgun Records founder Lee Maslin might very well be considered a dinosaur, a notion he finds amusing.
‘I’m not extinct yet!’ he protests, feeling his pulse. ‘More like a wooly mammoth.’ He offers instead. ‘Frozen in time. They thawed me out!’
After laying dormant for over a decade, the label he began in 1995 has been resurrected to release a spate of recordings marking its 20th anniversary. The first of which, Return Of Our Stupid Noise, completes a trilogy of compilations whose legacy of uniting Canada’s roving indie bands onto one disc has survived the intervening years. This new release matches established heroes like By Divine Right, Radioblaster, Scratching Post, Brendan Canning and Carole Pope with newer artists culled from the indie rock wilderness, such as Montreal’s Dany Laj & The Looks, St. John, New Brunswick’s Little You, Little Me, Alton, Ontario’s Ryan Masters and Guelph, Ontario’s The Skeletones Four.
When Maslin put Squirtgun on ice in 2000, after releasing an EP by Plastic Bag, it seemed like a timely opportunity to take stock, following five fruitful years, which yielded a staggering twenty-five releases from artists like Hayden and Elevator To Hell.
‘Things were changing. Bands were breaking up. We sold out of our singles collection within a week and I had just done a deal with Nettwerk, which put the label in the black.’ Maslin recalls, referring to a 1998 arrangement that saw More Of Our Stupid Noise and By Divine Right’s classic ‘All Hail Dischordia’ rereleased to a wider audience by Nettwerk Records. ‘It seemed like a good place to relax in the shade for a minute.’
With the arrival of kids & a death in the family, that minute stretched on to more than a decade. Maslin doesn’t seem phased. ‘Ten years go by pretty quick.’ He laughs. ‘I’m ready to pick up the gauntlet again.’
When asked why he chose to return to an industry very different than the one he left behind in 2000, Maslin grins & takes a sip of Coke Zero.
‘The fight for rock has not yet been won. There are a ton of amazing records out there that people need to hear. Rock N Roll hasn’t languished, it’s gotten stronger and more interesting than ever. I’m thrilled to be working with our artists and doing what I can to promote this music. Rock is our national birthright!’
When asked to elaborate on the name of his long-lived compilation series, Maslin thinks for a moment.
‘It was kind of off-handedly suggested by a friend of mine at the time, but seemed to fit. It’s unpretentious in a way that I like and it’s inclusive. It’s not My Stupid Noise. It’s OUR Stupid Noise.’
Frank Zappa (as The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith) Interviews The Monkees’ Mike Nesmith (as Frank Zappa)
John Lennon called them “the Marx Brothers of Rock” and Frank Zappa was such a fan, he made not one, but two onscreen appearances with the Monkees: First in a TV segment where Mike pretended to be Frank and vice versa and again in a brief cameo in the bizarre but wonderful movie Head.
Here’s the interview where Frank interviews Mike:
https://youtu.be/y_DevsLV5Y8