Hot on the vapour trail of their chart-topping album 'Beautiful Machine', the finely-tuned rhythm-and-power unit Shihad are thrilled to announce a return home for a national tour in July.
The 'Beautiful Machine' Tour will see the group play six cities across New Zealand.
Those who missed the band's triumphant headline slot at April's Homegrown Festival now have another chance to experience Shihad in what is fast shaping up to be the groups' most successful and unforgettable year so far.
Support acts on all tour dates will be ex-pat heroes The Mint Chicks, returning from Portland, Oregon for their second NZ visit of 2008; and Luger Boa, the hard-hitting new act formed by Jimmy Xmas, formerly of the D4.
All shows will be MC'ed by Mr Dai Henwood, of TV's C4
G-TARanaki, the 1st New Zealand International Guitar Festival, will be held 15th to 19th July 2008 in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Centred on two full days of concert performances at the TSB Stadium, the event also features 3 days of exclusive shows across the region.
G-TARanaki also includes fringe events in the CBD bars and cafes, exhibitions, forums, workshops and acoustic sets – all held for the first time in New Zealand! This is an event for everyone, from ardent music fans to aspiring musicians, bringing together internationally renowned artists working and jamming with Kiwi talent and passing on their knowledge, experiences and skills.
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"Agree or disagree with me but as the digital age of music comes ripping in I find myself missing the art. I miss holding the record, I miss reading every single lyric printed and every name on the thanks list.
Paper and plastick started for the bands that still love visual art to go with the music they put out and for the artists that use their creative energy to produce a backdrop of art for record covers, tshirts, screen printed posters and every other facet of a band visually besidesthe music." - Vinnie (Less Than Jake)
Pure capsaicin is lethal stuff, as even a 16 million-fold dilution of pure capsaicin still provides a pungent and spicy punch ;) Chili's pungency/hotness are measured in Scoville Units, here is a chart for your comparison:
- 0-100 - most Bell/Sweet pepper varieties.
- 500-1000 - New Mexican peppers
- 1,000-1,500 - Espanola peppers
- 1,000-2,000 - Ancho Pasilla peppers
- 1,000-2,500 - Cascabel Cherry peppers
- 2,500-5,000 - Jalapeno Mirasol peppers
- 5,000-15,000 - Serrano peppers
- 15,000-30,000 - de Arbol peppers
- 30,000-50,000 - Cayenne Tabasco peppers
- 50,000-100,000 - Chiltepin peppers
- 100,000-350,000 - Scotch Bonnet Thai peppers
- 200,000 to 500,000 - Habanero peppers
- Around 16,000,000 Scoville Units is Pure Capsaicin
Thanks to Thinkgeek.com.
And I just found a deliciously hot and typical Kiwi hot sauce yesterday: Waha Were Kiwifruit & Habanero Sauce made by Kaitaia Fire.
It’s
been a while since the last musical horoscope... Time to do another one. What
will faith bring us this time???? Plenty of awesome rock, that’s for sure....
- Prowler (live) – Iron Maiden
- The Brazilian – Roger Waters & friends (from ‘When the Wind Blows’)
- Kristallnach (live) – BAP
- Big Night Out – Fun Lovin’ Criminals
- Man on the silver mountain (live) – Dio
- Lateralus (live) – Tool
- No W – Ministry
- Third chance (live) – The Gathering
- Two gates – Ayreon
- The trooper
(live) – Iron Maiden
Nienke's new band - DejaFuse - sounds good... Looking forward to more songs and the album.
Dejafuse
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Check them out: www.myspace.com/dejafuse
WTF is going on??? Two more awesome bands are either breaking up or taking a break....
Nienke bids Autumn farewell
25-01-2008
N ienke has decided to leave Autumn by the end of February. After long and careful deliberation, partly influenced by her recent health issues, Nienke has come to the decision that she would henceforth like to devote more of her time to her own band DejaFuse and her work at the Graveland Studio. Since Autumn is about to enter a new and time-consuming chapter, writing the follow-up to My New Time, the time has now come for Nienke to part ways with Autumn and set a new course for herself.
As we speak , Autumn is talking to a number of singers, exploring possibilities for a future together. In a few weeks’ time the new voice and face of Autumn will be announced.
To send Nienke on her way in style, there will be two farewell shows in Holland next month. These shows will take place on February 15 at Gigant in Apeldoorn and on February 16 at Nirwana in Lierop.
(source: www.autumn-band.com)
--- a break for After Forever ---
Dear fans,
as you might have noticed, After Forever experienced a lot in 2007.
A new deal with Nuclear Blast and The Entertainment Group, the release of a new album, gigs in Europe and the U.S.A./Canada, all thanks to your support.
Unfortunately, 2007 also had a negative side. Sander experienced the
symtoms of a burn-out and had to stop playing with After Forever for a
few months.
After Forever did a good job doing the scheduled gigs with mainly George (ex- Orphanage) as grunter, making possible the album could still be promoted.
After that, a European and an American/Canadian tour followed, with Sander this time, and his condition seemed to be ok.
Unfortunately, just recently, Sander fell victim to a seizure attack in
an airplane, and after research that attack seemed to be stress related.
The doctors think this is a very serious matter, and they strongly advised him to not be involved with any After Forever activity for at least a year, to prevent a worse health situation.
Because Sander is one of the formers, songwriter and co manager of After Forever, an After Forever without him is no option.
The band has been able to solve his absence in 2007 live, but another year full of compromises would not be positive for the quality After Forever wants to offer.
After Forever is a band that wants to give 100% and that's just not possible now.
With pain in our hearts, we had to decide that After Forever has to
take a break of at least a year and hope you will all repect that.
It's terrible not to be able to do all the great gigs and activities we were planning, but it's even worse for After Forever to do those things with a compromise.
We highly value everything the band has achieved, and we don't want to lose that.
We also realise we ask a lot of our fans since we know what our gigs and music means to them.
However, we will all still be active in the music scene. Because of this break everybody gets the chance to focus on projects.
On our site and myspace sites we'll keep you updated about those projects.
Not a very good start of the year, but thanks a lot for all your
support and understanding, for now, for the future, but also for the
past year.
We won't forget you and hope to meet you again if After Forever returns in full shape!!!
Floor, Sander, Bas, Joost, Luuk and Andre
(source: www.afterforever.com)
Looking forward to this new Ayreon album...
