Radio 66.6 – Weekly Music News: April 8th, 2014
Steve Barton
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We’re back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Michael Jackson, Goblin, Fozzy, Mastodon, Three Days Grace, Machine Head, Hawthorne Heights, DevilDriver, Miss May I, From First to Last, Deafhaven and more. Don’t touch that dial.
NEWS
A new Michael Jackson album titled Xscape has been announced. In stores May 13th via Epic Records, the effort will feature eight never-before-heard tracks.
Fozzy will release a new album this summer. The first single, “Lights Go Out,” will be out April 29th.
Periphery frontman Spencer Sotelo is the new lead vocalist of From First to Last. Watch the video announcement – which includes a clip of Sotelo performing “The Latest Plague” – here. Their new EP is expected soon.
Mastodon‘s new, as-yet-untitled album is in the final stages of being mastered. It will be released later this year.
MUSIC
Listen to a new Three Days Grace song titled “Painkiller” here. It’s the first single with new vocalist Matt Walst. The band is continuing to work on new material.
Listen to Hawthorne Heights‘ acoustic rendition of their hit single, “Ohio Is for Lovers,” here. They’ll celebrate the tenth anniversary of their debut album, The Silence in Black and White, with an acoustic version of the record. It drops on April 15 from InVogue Records.
Unique Ohio rockers Foxy Shazam have dropped a surprise on fans: a new album – for free. Download Gonzo here.
VIDEOS
Watch Miss May I‘s music video for “Echoes” here. It’s the new single from Rise of the Lion, due out April 29th on Rise Records.
Watch Motionless In White‘s lyric video for their cover of Rammstein‘s “Du Hast” here. The track appears on the Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2 compilation, in stores now on Fearless Records.
Watch Saliva‘s music video for “Rise Up” here. It’s the title track from their new album, which comes out April 29th via Rum Bum Records.
Watch full live shows from pop punkers Neck Deep and Knuckle Puck from their sold out show in Boston here.
TOURS
Goblin will perform the Dawn of the Dead soundtrack live on their upcoming U.S. tour! Check out the dates here.
Machine Head have announced the “Killers & Kings” club tour. Dates are here.
Whitechapel and DevilDriver are going on a co-headlining tour. Dates are here.
Fozzy’s upcoming tour dates can be found here.
Deafhaven‘s summer tour dates are here.
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