Posts tagged freedom at 21

JACK WHITE TRIES A NEW DISTRIBUTION METHOD…

Ah, Jack White, ever the spectacle. The rocker has recently released the new track “Freedom at 21” from his upcoming album “Blunderbuss” by way of 1,000 helium balloons released into the Nashville sky. The balloon packages included custom postcards with instructions for the finder to submit photos and notify the label about where he/she discovered the disc. According to a statement by the singer’s own Third Man Records, “approximately 10%” of the records have already been found.

“Blunderbuss” is scheduled to be released on April 23, following the definite break-up of former band The White Stripes. White explained that there was “absolutely no chance” he would ever reform the duo with former wife Meg, adding that he would only reconsider if he “went bankrupt.” 

White reportedly said, “I’m not the kind of person that would retire from baseball and come out of retirement the next year. I mean, if we went to all the trouble of telling people we’re done, we meant it, you know?”

DEVIN TOWNSEND DEBUTS NEW SONG FROM ‘EPICLOUD’

Buzz has been circulating for awhile now about The Devin Townsend Project’s new “Epicloud” release, tentatively due out in September. Two days ago, Devin debuted acoustic tune “Back Where We Belong” in Ottawa, Canada as part of this year’s Junofest. Check out the song here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DuedW0AVe0

Townsend described the sound of the new album as “epic, poppy, porgy, ‘Dev Leppard’ type things.” 

WORLD’S FIRST MACHINE HEAD BIO DUE IN OCTOBER

Omnibus Press has set an October 15 release date for “Inside The Machine,” written by British rock author Joel McIver (“Justice for All: The Truth About Metallica”, ”Crazy Train: The High Life And Tragic Death Of Randy Rhoads”, ”Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography”, ”To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica’s Cliff Burton”, ”Overkill: The Untold Story Of Motörhead”, ”The Bloody Reign Of Slayer” and ”Unleashed: The Story Of Tool”).

“Inside The Machine” details the rise, fall, and re-rise of Oakland’s thrash/groove metallers, who just completed a North American headlining tour with support from Suicide Silence and Darkest Hour. 

Machine Head’s new album “Unto The Locus” sold more than 17,000 copies in the US in its first week of release, landing at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 chart and put the band in the Top 25 for the first time in the band’s 17-year history.