Front Line Assembly Tour US for the First Time Since 2007 (Noisecreep - April 1, 2011)

Front Line Assembly are gearing up for a US tour, the band's first since 2007. The tour is in support of their latest full-length release, 'Improvised. Electronic. Device.' Die Krupps and Cyanotic are set to open each show.

The new album's first single, 'Shifting Through the Lens,' is the most danceable track FLA has created in the last decade. Al Jourgensen (Ministry, Revolting Cocks) guests on the sonic industrial onslaught of 'Stupidity,' which Bill [Leeb, keyboards/vocals] says was "inspired by the Ministry album 'The Last Sucker.' Jeremy [Inkel, keyboards] was on tour with his other band, Left Spine Down, ... and he got to know Al really well. We're really excited to have him on it!"

Front Line Assembly formed in 1986 when Leeb left Skinny Puppy and issued the first FLA album, 'Initial Command.' Since then, the Canadian electro-industrial band has released 16 full-length releases.

Tour dates:

May 15 Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret
May 17 Ottawa, ON - Zaphod Beeblebrox
May 19 Montreal, QC - Kinetik Festival
May 20 Springfield, VA - JAXX
May 21 NYC, NY - Highline Ballroom
May 22 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
May 23 Toronto, ON - Mod Club
May 25 Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
May 26 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
May 27 Chicago, IL - The Abbey
May 28 Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theater
May 29 Minneapolis, MN - Ground Zero
May 30 Detroit, MI - Shelter
June 01 New Orleans, LA - Howlin' Wolf
June 02 Dallas, TX - Trees
June 03 Austin, TX - Elysium
June 04 Houston, TX - Numbers
June 06 Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
June 07 Mesa, AZ - Nile Theater
June 08 San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
June 09 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
June 10 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
June 11 San Francisco, CA - Red Devil
June 12 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
June 13 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/04/01/front-line-assembly-tour-us-for-the-first-time-since-2007/

Andrew WK Said 'Yes' to Adult Swim, 'No' to the Kardashians (Noisecreep - April 1, 2011)

We recently spoke with rocker-turned-club-owner-turned-television-host Andrew W.K. about some of the most memorable happenings at Santos Party House, his New York City night club.

Noisecreep: You're involved in many television shows. Have you filmed anything at Santos Party House?

Andrew W.K.: I filmed an entire talk show there one day for Adult Swim. That's when I was working with Adult Swim and they had me make a special appearance on an episode of 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force.' From that, we started filming the talk show idea. We turned the whole upstairs of the club into 'Sally Jessy Raphael.' I had a heated audience on bleacher seats, and a stage area down below on a lower level, just like you see on 'Jerry Springer.' I was talking with guests about all sorts of crazy stuff.

Then the other day we filmed some stuff for Fuse TV. They have been very supportive of the club. We always want the place to be seen. Whether bands want to film there or people want to do TV shows...we did film some other part of a TV show. The Kardashians wanted to film there. We actually said no to that. It was only because we didn't feel it was fair. We wanted to get something out of it. But we're big fans of theirs anyways. We're happy they wanted to shoot there. We wanted it to feel like one of those nightclubs that is in some kind of a crazy movie where the characters go into a night club and one guy goes 'hey let me do the talking and keep your mouth shut.'

There are all sorts of people and crazy music and all dark. That's my definition of going out at night. You want to be out of your element but still comfortable. A sense of danger but yet also a sense of great excitement and possibility and surrounded by friends.

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/04/01/andrew-wk-adult-swim-the-kardashians/

Filter Guitarist Jams with Charlie Sheen and Snoop Dogg (Noisecreep - March 31, 2011)

Guitarist Rob Patterson (Filter, ex-Korn/OTEP) is reportedly collaborating with actor Charlie Sheen and rapper Snoop Dogg on a yet-to-be-titled song. The former 'Two and a Half Men' star took to his Twitter account to post the following message: "Warlock meets his makers-music makers that is @SnoopDogg @robpatterson666 get ready to rock the Sheenius within!" He later tweeted a Twitpic of the three men, with Patterson holding his guitar. There is no word on when or if this collaboration will see the light of day.

According to a recent interview with USMagazine.com, Patterson stated that he and Sheen had been friends for a few years after meeting through mutual friends. Apparently, Patterson had been giving one of Sheen's girlfriends, Natty Kiely, private guitar lessons. Through this connection, he has been writing music for Sheen and is reportedly taking part in the actor's upcoming My Violent Torpedo of Truth tour, slated to start April 2nd at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

In addition to any involvement with Sheen's tour, Patterson is still playing with Filter. The band's latest single, 'No Love,' is currently being pushed to rock radio, and a European tour is slated to begin in June.

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/03/31/filter-guitarist-jams-with-charlie-sheen-and-snoop-dogg/

Andrew W.K. Stars in Season Three of 'Destroy Build Destroy' (Noisecreep - March 30,2011)

This week, Andrew W.K. will begin filming the third season of the show 'Destroy Build Destroy' for the Cartoon Network. The show features Andrew W.K. overseeing two teams of teenagers that destroy various objects and then build vehicles out of the wreckage. The show features high powered explosives, bazookas, rocket launchers, and other weapons of moderate-sized destruction.

"We are about to start filming our third season at the end of this week," said W.K.. "It's still on every week. The episodes we made from the last batch [are on now], and we're about to make 15 more episodes. So get ready for a lot more destruction!"

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/03/30/andrew-w-k-stars-in-season-three-of-destroy-build-destroy/

Atari Teenage Riot Offer Free Download of New Single (Noisecreep - March 29, 2011)

Atari Teenage Riot have just released their latest single, 'Blood In My Eyes', as a free download at http://tinyurl.com/41ytujk. The song features Nic Endo on lead vocals and gives fans a taste of their forthcoming release, 'Is This Hyperreal?,' due out this summer via Digital Hardcore Recordings.

The album is the band's first full-length release since 1999's '60 Second Wipeout.' The band split up in 2000, but reformed in 2010 to do a few reunion shows and issue a new song called 'Activate' through Soundcloud.com. The song featured ATR's newest member, CX KiDTRONiK, replacing Carl Crack who died of a drug overdose in 2001.

'Blood In My Eyes' focuses on the issue of women and human trafficking, their "sexuality exploited for financial gain right under the gaze of the ineffectual governments of the self-proclaimed civilized west," according to a statement from ATR.

The band's statement continues: "The song is a riveting electronic punk rock diatribe in typical Atari Teenage Riot form, paying homage to the feminine retributive subtexts popularized by cult films like 'Kill Bill' and heavily censored French art-house offering, 'Baise-Moi.' With its straight-forward throbbing 909 drum machine patterns, massive guitar riffs, ear-splitting adrenaline rushes of noise, and powerful female vocals, 'Blood In My Eyes' charges down an unswerving path determined to confront the future head on."

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/03/29/atari-teenage-riot-offer-free-download-of-new-single/

Party Hard with Andrew W.K. at Santos Party House in New York City (Noisecreep, March 28, 2011)

Andrew W.K. loves to have fun. Whether performing or recording, the singer-producer is all about having a good time and making sure his audience is feeling good too. His latest venture is Santos Party House, a New York City-based night club he has been a part of for the past three years.

Andrew recently spoke to Noisecreep about his role in the club, his thoughts on New York City's nightlife scene, and his ideas about what makes for a good time.

Noisecreep: How did you get involved with Santos Party House?
Andrew W.K.: One of my oldest and best friends here in New York is an amazing man named Spencer Sweeney. He is a successful fine artist – a painter, but also an amazing musician and a fantastic DJ. A lot of the greatest nights I've ever had out were going to wherever he was DJ-ing. A lot of those places were also where I was playing my first shows. When I first moved [to NYC] 13 years ago, he was one of the first people to invite me to play a show. That meant a lot to me because I didn't know anybody here. He made an effort to reach out and we became really good friends. He's like a mentor to me as well. He's introduced me to so many amazing people, things, ideas, places, and opportunities.

One day he called me up and said, 'Let's start up our own night club. Do you want to do it?' I said OK. He'd also spoken with this other night life veteran and has worked at various bars, clubs and venues named Larry Golden. The other guy who initially came in was the architect, the man with the most building and business experience in terms of starting a new place in the city of Manhattan. That's Ron Castellano. The idea was that we all loved going out. We love music. We love dancing. If we could make our own place, we would kick ass. The place was great -- but what if bands could play too? Or that place is so awesome, but wouldn't it be great if the sound was really good and loud. This place is good, but it's too fancy with all of the velvet and gold. Why don't we have it [be] a hardcore blacked-out space where we could rage?

That was the idea. But we also had the support of so many investors and our main partners, Derek Ferguson, Lucy Ekstrom, and Alec "Despot" Reinstein, and the petition of 5,500 signatures from downtown Manhattan telling the city that they supported us opening a new venue there. It's the first new nightclub with a liquor and dancing license to open in downtown Manhattan in over 20 years. If we had any idea how challenging [and] what an odyssey it would be, I don't know if we would have ever been able to muster up the courage. It felt like the city itself wanted this to exist.

What was the first official show at Santos Party House?
It's been three years. Before we actually opened we hosted an art gallery kind of show with a lot of amazing artists and Paper magazine, which is a legendary New York culture, music, and art magazine which has been supportive of us from the beginning. We did some crazy shows there when I put them together with some New York bands and people I was friends with.

It really started with our friends playing and bringing all of our buddies to create the parties and the nights when we first began. Also one of the first parties we did was with this amazing French dance music group called Et D'Amour. They came in every Thursday. Moby was there. As for the first concert, I can't remember.

Do you host any specific nights at the venue?
I've DJ'd there many, many times and hosted, while other people performed. I might introduce the acts . I like doing the lights. That's very fun. Before we opened, that was my dream – how exciting it was to sit behind the lights and trigger them to the music. That really was one of the most fun things for me, getting to do the lights there. Creating the atmosphere – it's fun for me. Making sure everybody has drinks. Making sure everybody understands where the bathrooms are, and giving everybody any kind of assistance or help on stage.

I got to play around the world at so many legendary venues. All different kinds of venues – places that were great, places that sucked. I can use that knowledge I've gathered over these years to put into a space, to give back to other people and the city that's given me my career. It's great to be able to give back. For people now who are moving here, bands who want to play, people who want to dance, socialize and meet people, now here's a space where we can contribute to the greatness of what New York City is.

Who is the Santos in Santos Party House?
Thank you for asking about that. You can pronounce it that way. You could even pronounce it 'Santa.' We have identified the non-physical spirit of fun. We look at this guy as the saint of good times. Not just New York's good times, but the global [patron of fun]. You can see [Santos] on our website and our t-shirts. He's like our leader. We feel like Santos Party House is the architectural manifestation of his spirit.

Is there anything else you want to mention about Santos Party House?
The website is www.santospartyhouse.com. The Twitter is @SantosPartyHaus. There's not enough letters in Twitter! We're open almost every day for concerts, drinking and dancing. [We] would love to have anyone come by [the club]. We have all ages shows, 18 and up shows, 21 and up shows.

There's always something for anyone to do. There's no dress code. You don't have to have a girl with you to come in. Certain nights are different. If it's sold out, obviously it's sold out. But we try to be open minded as [much as] possible. Please come by and say hello to me. I'll buy you a drink.

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/03/29/party-hard-with-andrew-wk-at-santos-party-house-in-new-york-city/

Soilwork and Arch Enemy Members Form The Night Flight Orchestra (Noisecreep - March 28, 2011)

The Night Flight Orchestra, the classic rock-style band featuring members of Sweden's Soilwork and Arch Enemy, have posted two new songs, '1998' and 'California Morning,' on their official Facebook and Myspace pages.

The band features vocalist Bjorn 'Speed' Strid (Soilwork) and guitarist David Andersson (Mean Streak, Soilwork session player). The two musicians formed the core of the group after touring the US together in 2007. The pair found common ground when discussing what is and what isn't considered classic rock. The new band's aim is to capture the '70s/early '80s sensibility of classic melody, timeless songs, and the subjects of cities, streets, and alcoholic beverages.


Rounding out the group are bassist Sharlee D'Angelo (Arch Enemy), keyboardist Richard Larsson (Von Bonzo), and drummer Jonas Källsbäck (Mean Streak). Song titles the band has issued include 'Tarot Woman,' 'Badlands,' 'Rhiannon,' 'Running On Empty,' 'Blind Man,' 'Night Moves,' 'Deuce,' 'Separate Ways,' 'Elected,' and 'Set Me Free.' The band is currently unsigned but will be recording its debut album this summer.

http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/03/28/soilwork-and-arch-enemy-members-form-the-night-flight-orchestra/