Bjork tour with a innovative gadget

It seems that [tag]Bjork[/tag] has come across a very nifty musical gadget: “the reactable”, which she’s going to use in the upcoming [tag]Volta[/tag] tour. The very sophisticateddevice has been developed by a group of digital luthiers at the Audiovisual Institute at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. It’s basically consisted of a glowing round tabletop on which and blocks that are placed on its surface, each block represents a sound, a sample or a filter…

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Franz Ferdinand confirms New York gig

According to a news post from earlier today, on [tag]Franz Ferdinand[/tag]’s myspace page, the Brits will attend a show in New York’s Bowery Ballroom on June 13th. Tickets for this show will go on sale at midday on Thursday 7th June through ticketweb.com. This show comes right after Franz Ferdinand’s excellent performance for their fellow town’s folk in Glasgow, at the Grand Ole Oprey Country And Western Club and comes as a great worm up…

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George Michael Cancels Concert

British pop singer [tag]George Michael[/tag] was forced to cancel his, yesterday night, live performance in Prague part of Michael’s current “25 Live” tour, due to an unfortunate accident. One of the trucks that were carrying the artist’s equipment part of a special podium for use in the show crashed on it’s way to Prague, in Romania. Concert organizer Petr Novak had this to add: “Unfortunately a large part of the special podium remained trapped in…

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Tonight Is Goodbye On Tour

The English quintet from Buckinghamshire [tag]Tonight is Goodbye[/tag] has recently announced details on their forthcoming British headline tour alongside Death Can Dance and You Me At Six. The band has made a name out of itself, after winning a competition on Taste of Chaos tour, at the Brixton Academy, where they played alongside band like [tag]Taking Back Sunday[/tag], [tag]Underoath[/tag] or [tag]Saosin[/tag]. The band’s EP, called [tag]The Birds and The Bees[/tag] will be available on the…

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The Films With A New Single

The Southern Carolina indie band [tag]The Films[/tag] is set to release a new single from their debut album: “Don’t Dance Rattlesnake”, on the on the 11th of June through 7HZ Recording. The track is called “Belt Loops” and is their second single after “Black Shoes”. Produced by Tim Patalan, “Belt Loops” is being described, by lyrics man Michael Trent, as “a paranoid jealousy kind of song”. Besides “Belt Loops”, the single features two more songs:…

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Linkin Park Headlines Live Earth Japan

[tag]Linkin Park[/tag] has announced its participation at the grand [tag]Live Earth[/tag] affair, which will reunite all the major artists of the world in a seven-continent tour. Live Earth is designed to promote awareness of the threat of global warming to our planet, bringing together more than 100 of the world’s top music acts to engage an audience of over two billion people with solutions to the climate crisis. So Linkin Park will be joining Madonna,…

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White Stripes With a “Icky Thump”

Everybody is all exited about [tag]White Stripes[/tag] new upcoming album, entitled “Icky Thump” scheduled for release on June 19th. A music video called as the album, “Icky Thump”, has been released a few days ago and since then caused a lot of fuss around it. I found the video awesome, some classic White Stripes hard rocking is present here, with Jack putting his guitar to good use with amazing riffs and Meg with some serious…

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Kids in Glass Houses With Headline Tour

Here’s some nice news for Kids In Glass Houses fans, as they have recently announced their first ever headline tour of the UK. The band has been described as “a breath of fresh air on the post-hardcore scene”, by Kerrang! weekly magazine, being considered South Wales’ most hotly-tipped band. The much talked about tour takes part after this years Download Festival performance and will make stops at the following venues: June: Tue 12, Southampton Joiners….

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ZMEmusic launched!

Hi! This post marks the debut of, what we wish to be in the future, one of the biggest music resource websites. The latest music reviews, articles, news and much more on the hottest music subjects out there today, in the past and in future. We, the staff here at ZMEmusic, wish you a fun and pleasant reading experience here with us!

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