After the longest time in which he could only tap his foot and waited desperately to get back on the tour bus, DEVIN TOWNSEND is proud to announce his first new tour for 2022. The “Lightwork European Tour” accompanies the release of his new album ‘Lightwork’, planned for spring 2022, which Townsend will record with GGGarth Richardson at their The Farm Studios in Vancouver BC and will be mixed by Joe Baressi.
Together with the organizers of the Strandkorb Open Air Tour, the ZfR initiators are bringing the award-winning, Corona-compliant event concept from Mönchengladbach to Lake Kemnade. The “ZfR Strandkorb edition” will sweet late summer 2021 with live performances of HELGE SCHNEIDER, WINCENT WEISS, PHILIP POISEL and COMEDY SPLASH - tickets in pre-sale now!
PERMAFROST follow up reaching #1 on the Indie Disco Top40 chart with stunning new single ‘Closed Eyes’ – available on 7th June 2021 through Fear of Music. PERMAFROST is a Post-Punk band, originally from Molde in Norway, which was formed in 1982 by school friends Frode Heggdal Larsen & Kåre Steinsbu. Robert Heggdal & Trond Tornes joined in 2001 and Daryl Bamonte in 2016. They take their name from a song by Magazine and other influences are JOY DIVISION, THE CURE, TALKING HEADS, PERE UBU, YELLO, FAD GADGET, THE RESIDENTS, WIRE and WOLFGANG PRESS.
Legendary New York Rock band BLONDIE has announced the release of the official soundtrack for the short film ‘Blondie: Vivir En La Habana’ on July 16, 2021. The film documents the band’s live debut in Havana, Cuba, and premieres in June in the UK at the Sheffield Doc / Fest and in North America at the Tribeca Festival. In 2019, a 40-year dream came true for the iconic band: BLONDIE were invited by the Cuban Ministry of Culture to perform in Havana as part of a cultural exchange. The four-day event titled ‘Blondie in Havana’ was a unique experience that included two cross-career sets and brought the band’s extensive catalogue to Cuba for the first time.
It was Easter 2021 - Good Friday to be precise - when the Noir-Alt Goth unskilled workers DESPERATE JOURNALIST returned to the scene with a brand-new single called ‘Fault’. And it was accordingly the first track of their thoroughly blunt fourth album ‘Maximum Sorrow!’, which was recorded entirely in Crouch End in the midst of the Covid pandemic and will be released on July 23, 2021.