In late March 2011, De Backer revealed the next album’s title to be Making Mirrors . The title was inspired by an artwork his father painted in the 1980s, discovered by De Backer among old bills and newspapers in his parents’ barn; it was later edited in Photoshop to become…
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On 25 February 2011, while in Milan, Duran Duran received a Style Icons of the 20th Century Award and a key to the city, presented by the city’s mayor Letizia Moratti .
In January 2011, Wire released Red Barked Tree , which according to the band’s press release “rekindles a lyricism sometimes absent from Wire’s previous work and reconnects with the live energy of performance, harnessed and channelled from extensive touring over the past few years”. The album was written and recorded…
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Against the Current was formed in early 2011 by Dan Gow, Will Ferri, and Jeremy Rompala
After an intense touring schedule, Bring Me the Horizon finally completed their third album’s promotion at the end of 2011.
On February 11, 2011, at 2:00:00 AM EST , a video posted on the band’s website announced that former band member Carah Faye Charnow would be rejoining the band along with her husband, Daniel Johansson, for the upcoming album III . The video contained the song “If I Lost You…
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and was later joined by Chrissy Costanza in the summer of 2011
Moor and Wilson subsequently left the band to pursue their own paths and in 2011, Nic Britton re-joined Mick Park as TILT with releases on Black Hole Recordings .
On October 25, 2011, of Montreal released a Cassette Box Set of all 10 full-length albums via Joyful Noise Recordings . The release was limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, and housed in a custom-built wooden box (screen-printed with original artwork from David Barnes). Each of the 10 cassettes were pressed…
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At the end of January, Shiny Toy Guns relaunched their fan-incorporated street team, the Satellites, stating, “Our closest allies and the most important people in our world are the 2011 SATELLITE team. Join us and become a part of the momentum of Shiny Toy Guns on a first-hand basis. Together,…
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