In honor of the upcoming presidential Inauguration, coinciding with Martin Luther King Day, Catman Cohen has unveiled his new song, I HAD A DREAM, the finale to his third CD….How I Want to Dream: the Catman Chronicles 3… scheduled for February release.
“Change is Inevitable†is a marathon track in its own right. This is not necessarily the type of music that individuals will be filing into dance clubs to hear, but for those slower, more low-key house parties what Ian Allen commits to disc here might just be the ticket. What is nice on “Nova’s Lounge†is that there are a mix of short and long tracks; if individuals start to…
01.27-30 Mondavi Center for the Performing Art/UC Davis – Davis, CA 02.06 Peak Performances/Montclair State University – Montclair, NJ 02.09 Black Rock Center for the Arts – Germantown, MD 02.10 American Theater – Hampton, VA 02.11 Duke University – Durham, NC 02.13 The Painted Bride – Philadelphia, PA 04.09 Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN 04.10 Interlochen Center for the Arts – Interlochen, MI
Sophe Lux is a dynamic art-rock opera ensemble from Portland Oregon. In the tradition of bands like Of Montreal, early Roxy Music and Arcade Fire, their performances are lavish spectacles with shiny costumes and outlandish theatrical performances.
The Summer Set have announced that they will be on the “Who’s Driving Tour” in January (dates below). Also on the tour will be Every Avenue, The Audition, Sparks The Rescue, and Ian Walsh. The tour kicks off January 8th in Elgin, IL and has a total of 10 dates. After the tour, The Summer Set will have the month of February off and then head out on the AP…
Swiss-born singer/songwriter, Nadine Loren attributes her unique style to her upbringing in both Germany and New Zealand. A true artist, Loren combines musical genres, fusing various styles with an obvious European influence. Her highly anticipated debut album, Living in Wonderland launched Thursday, November 13th, 2008. Loren’s songs combine folk, electronic, pop and rock music elements and feature English, French and Italian lyrics that utilize operatic influences to add a quirky…
01/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts w/ Woe 01/08 West Springfield, VA Jaxx w/ local 01/09 Raleigh, NC Volume 11 Tavern w/ Graves of Valor 01/10 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade w/ Graves of Valor 01/11 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre w/ Ovid’s Withering 01/13 Austin, TX Emo’s w/ local 01/15 Tucson, AZ The Rock w/ Lightning Swords of Death 01/16 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues w/ Lightning…
Any music simulation game is my think. I love either singing, playing guitars or other instruments, or even dancing around. However, it seems that a few companies have locked up the minds and hearts of individuals like me. PopStar Guitar, and publishing company XS Games, are here to show that this need not be the case and that a newcomer can be stellar. This game (which is also available for…
Aeria Games, a publisher of Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games announced today the open beta launch of Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online. The game, already highly successful in Japan, proved to be popular amongst English speakers during the closed beta test. For open beta, everyone is invited to play the game for free without download or subscription fees.
It’s been a few years since Alien Ant Farm last cut a new album. A number of different musical revolutions have happened in the meantime. Will Alien Ant Farm move toward Fall Out Boy, or still go with the same style that was cultivated during tracks like “Moviesâ€. “Bad Morning†is a track that comes out with a harder version of Alien Ant Farm than I remember; the band has…
iLL-Literacy, the trio of evolutionary emcees Drizzleton, Dahlak, and Nico, is back at it with the slow jam from their new record IB4the1.1 (pronounced I Before The 1, Chapter 1). The new single, titled “Finding Emo,” manages to maintain their trademark schizophrenic styling (rhyming “Chuck English” with “Chuck Mingus,” for example) while exploring a more, well, emo side. iLL-Lit are quite aware of what an unexpected move “Finding Emo” is…
Some time ago, someone (can’t remember who) introduced me to a fairly modern adage: There are only two kinds of music: Good and Bad.
I know that the Legendary Performances series has been covered considerably by a number of different individuals over the last few months, but I feel that the series, and especially the Merle Haggard edition of the series, are worth a more critical view. For those individuals that may not have had the chance to view any of the series, they are essentially compilations of performances that one major individual in…
01/08 – Aurora, Il @ Doug’s 01/09 – Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre 01/10 – Toledo, OH @ Frankies 01/12 – Altoona, PA @ Eldolyn Terrace 01/13 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon 01/14 – Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84 01/15 – Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Grange 01/16 – Poughkeepsire, NY @ The Chance 01/17 – Syracuse, NY @ TBA Following the release of their stunning second album Picture Perfect, Marysville,…
Every Avenue has already started booking their tour schedule for 2009 and they have some pretty amazing stops on the list, including seven shows in the UK and Scottland with Metro Station and Boys Like Girls. The tour starts on January 24th and wraps up on January 31st.
Starting out “Watch Out!†with a fairly amelodic set of guitar riffs, Alexisonfire gets their fans on board with an all-encompassing whoa-oh-oh chorus and a chugging bass line. The bridge on the first track, “Accidents†stretches out for a little too long, and the echoed vocals of Dallas only weakly hold the power that the whoaed-out chorus may have. The assault by Alexisonfire is stuck right in the middle of…
I still remember when Dr. Katz was first on. I guess I was young enough at this point to not really have the appreciation for the show that I now do, but I found the stand-up comedians on the show to be unfunny and the show overall underwhelming. However, in the years that have followed, I have paid attention to the careers of a number of those individuals that were…
1/14 – Brooklyn Bowl – Brooklyn, NY 1/15 – Middle East – Cambridge, MA 1/16 – Iron Horse- North Hampton, MA Thomas Allen and Sarah Cronin met in 2006 while working at the Middle East Club in Cambridge, Ma. After trading secret demos of their own songs, Tommy persuaded Sarah to combine forces. They spent their first date drinking whiskey in bed and playing each other songs on an old…
If the opening months offer any indication, 2010 looks to be a big year for “phenomenally gifted†(Chicago Sun Times) young violinist Nikolaj Znaider. His initial focus is on Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto, which celebrates its centennial in the coming year. Having toured the work across Europe, Znaider now brings it to the States, performing the concerto under Leonard Slatkin in Washington DC (Jan 7-9), Sir Colin Davis in Boston…
Jillian Goldin’s music, both earthy and ethereal, reflects the awe and passion of timeless nature. Its soul-touching alchemy has attracted attention and multi-award-winning acclaim, deriving from her talent both as a classically trained vocalist and songwriter. With her debut albums Origins and Through Sand and Snow, Jillian responds to the lack of lyric-centric works in contemporary New Age/World music. Allowing her powerful voice to soar through beds of exotic instrumentation,…