http://www.bigdistraction.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:59:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week MSN® announces the official launch of MSN Video Player® - a video-on-demand service that allows consumers to watch great TV shows anytime, anywhere for free, available at www.msn.co.uk/video from tomorrow. Since the pilot went live in August 2009, MSN Video Player has significantly expanded its library of content ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/new-features-and-compelling-new-content-takes-msn-video-player-to-the-next-level/ In support to their widely-hailed seventh studio album Of Faith, Power and Glory on Anachron America, electronic rock pioneers VNV NATION will be launching a national tour in San Francisco on March 16th and circling the states (tour dates below). The special guests on select shows include SITD and Aerodrone. ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/vnv-nation-announces-us-tour/ Romania may not initially strike you as the most obvious home for a progressive, black metal band, but when you consider the deep and troubled history of the country, the turmoil that has often engulfed the region and the huge expanses of sombre scenery that dominate the country, it begins ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/negura-bunget-virstele-pamintului-album-review/ `Inhabiting the eerie dream world formerly the province of Jarboe and The Swans in their latter period, Wive create the sort of emotionally draining, beautiful that defies easy categorisation while grabbing hold of your heart and giving it a good squeeze. Elements of the Arcade Fire, Angels of light, fuck ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/wive-pvll-album-review/ Freshly signed to Listenable, CAVUS are already working in the studio recording their full length debut album , the band has given us an update as below :   "The Cavus album recordings started on Monday 22.2 in Porvoo, Finland, with setting up the gear. We are using an old wooden house ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/cavus-record-listenable-debut/ SONISPHERE CLUB NIGHTS 2010 The Sonisphere club nights are back and coming to a town near you! With a bunch of new venues on board and more than 60 nights in over 15 cities between now and Sonisphere 2010 there are no excuses! So get yourselves down to one of these ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/sonisphere-club-nights-announced/ Hi this is Crystal Antlers. We are just now returning from a month living in La Punta Banda, Mexico where we were working on new songs and being the house band at Los Gordos Cantina. We wanted to let everyone know that we are offering free downloads of two new ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/crystal-antlers-release-tour-dates-and-tracks/  This cd was recorded  live in Tokyo in front of what sounds like an enthusiastic audience helping the atmosphere of an already very good cd. I feel this is one of Sonata Actica's best cds. The sound is very good, making many of the tracks better than the studio versions. ... http://www.bigdistraction.com/2010/03/sonata-arctica-songs-of-silence-live-in-tokyo-album-review/