STAR CITY MELTDOWN Here With You (MP3); Tour Dates June 1 - July 28

With an explosive stage show, uncompromising confidence, and a sound described as "Journey meets Avenged Sevenfold" that will appeal to fans of Staind, Breaking Benjamin and Godsmack, East Tennessee’s STAR CITY MELTDOWN will release “Here With You,” the first single from their hotly anticipated sophomore album, on June 5 as a free download, via Microsoft SkyDrive.

Also available via scannable QR code on full page ads in the latest issues of Alternative Press, Revolver, AMP, Hails and Horns, Substream and Outburn, “Here With You” appears on the band’s Razorblades and Hand Grenades album due September 25th on Standby Records (Black Veil Brides, Modern Day Escape).

The companion music video will world premiere June 25 on BlankTV.

Standby Records President Neil Sheehan developed the rollout for the single, "Here With You’ seems like the perfect way for Standby Records to kick off the summer! Its addictive hook and passionate lyrics will certainly get stuck in anyone's head, while its message just oozes the vibe of a typical budding summertime relationship. What better way could we find than to introduce Star City Meltdown to the masses than to offer this excellent song to fans for free? What better way is there to introduce the latest band to our Rock N' Roll 2.0 movement? Click the link, and Star City Meltdown will be ‘Here With You’."

 

Reuniting for round two with former Creed bassist/producer Brett Hestla (Dark New Day, Framing Hanley, Tantric), Razorblades and Hand Grenades is the follow-up to the group’s 2009 release Stick In the Eye which featured the hit single “Ready or Not”.

Johnson City, TN based Star City Meltdown is comprised of singer Brad Dills, guitarist/vocalist Lukas Patterson, bassist Cody Cupp, drummer Dean Andrews Jr. and guitarist Chris Stewart, whom as one of the original members in Black Veil Brides, co-wrote the smash hit “Knives and Pens” which has garnered over 40 million views on You Tube.

Having built a rabid fan base over the past three years while touring with Art of Dying, Saving Abel, Crossfade, Saliva and Korn, Star City Meltdown are locked and loaded to unleash more explosive shows for the remainder of 2012 and well into next year.

STAR CITY MELTDOWN
Tour Dates:
Jun 01 - Pascagoula, MS @ Thunders Tavern
Jun 02 - Tallahassee, FL @ Club Episodes
Jun 05 - Orlando, FL @ Club 57 West
Jun 06 - Rock Hill, SC @ The Money
Jun 07 - Murfreesboro, NC @ Zakk's Coffee House
Jun 08 - Atlanta, GA @ North River Tavern
Jun 09 - Columbus, GA @ Soho
Jun 13 - Mineral Point, MO @ Jerry's Bait Shop
Jun 16 - Elgin, IL @ The Gasthaus Bar
Jun 21 - Bay City, MI @ The Vault
Jun 22 - Cambridge, OH @ Downtown Arena
Jun 23 - Imperial, PA @ Grim’s Roadhouse
Jun 24 - Reading, PA @ The Silo
Jun 27 - Columbus, OH @ O’Sheckys
Jun 28 - Akron, OH @ Ripper Owens Tap House
Jun 29 - Marion, OH @ Tink’s Rock House
Jun 30 - Covington, KY @ Molly Malone’s
Jul 01 - Kent, OH @ Outpost
Jul 04 - Pascagoula, MS @ Thunder’s Tavern
Jul 05 - Columbus, OH @ Soho
Jul 06 - Marietta, GA @ 120 Tavern
Jul 07 - Sheffield, AL @ Sandbar
Jul 27 - Birmingham, AL @ Spirits Of Birmingham Paranormal Fest
Jul 28 - Birmingham, AL @ Spirits Of Birmingham Paranormal Fest

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Dark Nightflight Of Kate Miller-Heidke

On June 19, singer-songwriter KATE MILLER-HEIDKE, a London based, Australian multi-platinum selling artist, returns with NIGHTFLIGHT, her third solo album and the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2008 release Curiouser.

Over the course of 11 songs, Nightflight Miller-Heidke (pronounced hide-key) ruminates on homesickness, mortality, love and surrender, in an album that is both sonically lush and emotionally stark, deeply personal and yet utterly panoramic.

A supplementary companion is also available creating a deluxe 18-track version of the new album. Bonus material includes four live cuts and three extra songs.



"Everything I've ever done has been a reaction against the previous thing," Kate says. "Nightflight is definitely a more vulnerable and exposed record than anything I've done before. If Curiouser was a playful, dysfunctional adolescent, Nightflight is more like a damaged, melancholy person in her late 20s.

With Nightflight, we wanted something darker and more organic, more beautiful and more expansive."

Tying into this theme, KMH recently releasesd a lyric video for "The Devil Wears A Suit" which features scenes from "Night Of The Living Dead," the 1968 horror classic directed by George A. Romero and starring Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Bill Hinzman and Duane Jones.



Written between the frenetic jolt of London and the sleepy backwaters of Toowoomba, Nightflight showcases songs about real people's lives.

Recorded over two months in Melbourne, the album was produced by Keir Nuttall with Lindsay Gravina (Rowland S. Howard, Mick Harvey, The Living End, Magic Dirt) in his Birdland studio in Prahran, Melbourne.

Nightflight also features James O'Brien from The Boat People on bass, Gemma Turvey and J.P. Shilo on piano, John Castle (Washington), Steve Pope (Angus & Julia) and Dan Parsons on drums, with Luke Moller (Shane Nicholson) on violin/viola.

Nightflight was then transported to Suffolk in rural England, where it was mixed by Cenzo Townshend (Florence And The Machine, Kaiser Chiefs).



The last three years have taken the Australian artist across the world - from Australia to Asia, the US and UK, audiences have been mesmerised and transformed by her extraordinary talent.

Performing at the Coachella and Lilith festivals and joining Ben Folds on over 100 shows in the US, UK & Europe, Ms. Miller-Heidke also delighted to rave reviews as the British dancing girl in the English National Opera's The Death Of Klinghoffer at the Coliseum in London.

She's now gearing up to take a global flight thru the night for the duration of 2012. Be sure to catch her wondrous Nightflight in a city near you!

KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
NIGHTFLIGHT
(Deluxe Version):

Disc One:
1. Ride This Feeling
2. Sarah
3. Nightflight
4. The Tiger Inside Will Eat The Child
5. Let Me Fade
6. I'll Change Your Mind
7. Humiliation
8. In The Dark
9. Beautiful Darling
10. The Devil Wears A Suit
11. Fire And Iron

Disc Two (Bonus Disc):
1. Mother And Sun
2. Your Friends Will Tell You Who You Are
3. Hey Little Girl (Live)
4. In The Dark (Live)
5. The Devil Wears A Suit (Live)
6. Fire And Iron (Live)
7. Starlings

KATE MILLER-HEIDKE
TOUR DATES:
Jun 05 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Cafe
Jun 07 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet's
Jun 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Cafe
Jun 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Cafe
Jun 25 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Jun 27 - Toronto, CAN @ Drake Hotel
Jul 03 - New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
Jul 07 - Vienna, VA @ Jammin' Java
Jul 10 - New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
Jul 12 - Cambridge, MA @ T.T. the Bear's Place
Jul 15 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
Jul 17 - New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
Aug 10 - Adelaide, AUS @ Governor Hindmarsh Hotel
Aug 11 - Perth, AUS @ The Astor Theatre
Aug 14 - Melbourne, AUS @ Corner Hotel
Aug 15 - Melbourne, AUS @ Corner Hotel
Aug 23 - Sydney, AUS @ Metro Theatre
Aug 25 - Brisbane AUS @ HiFi Bar

KATE MILLER-HEIDKE

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High On Ghostly Gold Panda Mountain

As an artist/producer who's never felt the need to try and find his place, or even give the notion of attempting to fit in credence, GOLD PANDA (born Derwin Schlecker) returns with a new split, "Mountain/Financial District," his first new release since last year's critically-acclaimed DJ-Kicks comp for !K7 Records.

It's a comeback that he describes as a "short story," hinting at something in the future that, even he confesses, could twist in a completely different direction to the two tracks here – of which Derwin describes as “modern hip-hop.”

Schlecker adds, “the 808 snares on ‘Mountain’ are a nod to Noah "40" Shebib and some-time Drake collaborators, Boi-1da. 'Financial District,' at 125 bpm is, I guess, an accelerated version of that.”

Reflective of Gold Panda’s increased time travelling the globe and jumping from place to place, "Mountain" and "Financial District" most definitely sit apart from each other in different atmospheres.



"Mountain," the slightly warmer of the two, with it's huge reverberating percussive sound cocooning a myriad of skittering, pirouetting samples.

"Financial District" meanwhile revolves around off-kilter drones that play off one another before being hoisted up by the return of that resolute rhythm. The track titles, Derwin explains, indirectly came about after a discussion with Brainfeeder artist Matthewdavid, who told him he needed better names for the tracks.

“Listening to "Mountain" again on a trip to Japan over New Year's, we flew directly over Mt. Fuji and it seemed to just fit what I was seeing out of the window.

"Financial District" was just the opposite of the vast expanse of the mountain I guess. Crowded, synthetic and shiny… repetitive – and of course both can erupt at any time.”

BUY MOUNTAIN/FINANCIAL DISTRICT (7" vinyl or MP3)

Product Notes: Standard weight clear vinyl, limited to 1,200 units worldwide. 7" jacket with spine features front cover art by Andy Gilmore, with type and layout by Michael Cina.

GOLD PANDA
Live Dates:
Jun 02 - London UK @ Field Day Festival
Jun 10 - Manchester, UK @ Parklife Festival
Jun 23 - Ballinlough, IRE @ Castle Body & Soul Festival
Jun 30 - Evreau, FRA @ Rock Dans Tous Ses Etets Festival
Jul 07 - Amsterdam, NED @ Pitch Festival
Jul 26 - Miami, FL @ Bardot
Jul 27 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lodge
Jul 28 - Vancouver, CAN @ Electric Owl
Jul 29 - Portland, OR @ WTF Festival
Aug 01 - Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall
Aug 02 - New York, Y @ The Bowery Ballroom
Aug 04 - Salzburg, AU @ Stuck! Festival
Aug 19 - Leicester, Uk @ Summer Sundae Festival
Aug 30 - Pula, CRO @ Outlook Festival
Sep 02 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYFest
Sep 06 - Pula, CRO @ Outlook Festival
Sep 09 - Bestival, UK @ Isle of Wright
Oct 05 - Vienna, AU @ Waves Festival
Oct 12 - Bologna, ITA @ Robot Festival

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