02-26 Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree 02-27 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse MySpace Music Presents Tour: 03-04 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle 03-05 Washington, DC – Black Cat 03-06 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s 03-07 Cambridge, MA – Middle East 03-09 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom 03-10 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg 03-12 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom 03-13 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick 03-14 Chicago, IL…
Cleveland legends Cobra Verde’s first originals disc in five years — “Haven’t Slept All Year” is all over the map in sound and style. It opens with a badass riff (“World Can’t Have Her”), then detours into classic pop (“Wildweed”), glittery post-punk (“Riot in the Foodcourt”), wounded sing-a-longs (“Home in the Highrise,” “Together Alone”), woozy blues (“Wasted Again”) and raging, glorious rock. It’s been drawing great press notices since it’s…
Propagandhi are proud pleased delighted required to announce the release of their new album, Supporting Caste.
Arma Secreta play a brand of emo music that is not tied to the current styles of the genre as much as it is tied to acts like Sunny Day Real Estate. The disc opens up with “Segue/Debrisâ€, a track that actually showcases Arma Secreta’s musical skills instead of trying to converge with all of the big-name acts. While “Debris†has a sound to it that is harder than what…
The words “day job” aren’t generally the mark of success for a musician. Except in the case of artist/composer Gooding, whose day job is reinventing the music licensing industry by bringing high-impact tracks to the world via the online catalog Kingdom2Music.com With a mission to pair perfect music with; film, television, advertising, commercial video, video games, Web sites, branding, or any creative project, Kingdom2 fulfills by cataloging 20 plus years…
Cross Movement Records recording artist, Da’ T.R.U.T.H. celebrates the New Year with an exciting month of appearances including a first ever performance at the 2009 Stellar Awards next week and a performance with gospel pioneer Kirk Franklin on BET’s new show 106 & Park Presents: Generation Gospel.
Starting out with a Velvet Underground/Talking Heads meets Replacements style of retro-sixties rock, Ariel Aparicio calls up the still-living spirit of Iggy Pop. The Hired Guns don’t do much for Ariel in creating a coherent sound, making the entirety of “Punk Rock Girl†sound more like a mashup of different half-assed tracks instead of something put forth as one specific entity. Maintaining some of the same stylistic, psychedelic-rock sound that…
Roberto Mighty’s debut album, “KiTCHEN MuSIC,” features funky versions of romantic songs from the 40’s and 50’s over sensuous grooves, plus his jazzy singing and acoustic guitar playing. Roberto, a professional TV food producer (Todd English, Ming Tsai, Jacques Pepin) also has a free cooking/music video series on www.robertomighty.com. “These are the kinds of tunes my Mom sang while cooking,” says Roberto. “I love these tunes, and now I sing…
Bay Area progressive black metallers CORMORANT are hard at work recording their upcoming full-length with Billy Anderson (Neurosis, The Melvins, Sleep, Primordial), at Sharkbite Studios. Vocalist/bassist Arthur von Nagel checked in earlier this week from sunny Oakland, California with a studio report:
Abigail Williams have confirmed a string of headline dates beginning January 30 as they continue to tour in support of their recently released full-length debut, In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns. Produced by James Murphy and featuring contributions from Trym Torson (Emperor/Zyklon), the album topped the CMJ charts the week ending December 5. MTV2/Headbangers Ball world premiered the sextet’s video for the song “Into the Ashes†online December 4…
The dreamy nature of Argentine allows the band to expand their average track length to over five minutes, and this Radiohead-influenced band is able to maintain interest through a continual refreshing of their sound. The tender sound that Argentine infused each track with is on the verge of being too Spartan to continue drawing tracks like “Fresh Inventions†along, but the incorporation of an electric organ specifically during that track…
President and Founder of Storefront Entertainment, Jon Leshay, has joined forces with RED Distribution to form Storefront Recordings. The music label will officially launch with the release of Mandy Moore’s follow-up album to the 2007 critically acclaimed, “Wild Hope.” The new album is slated for release in April, 2009, while the label will also venture into releasing various charitable and benefit albums, soundtracks as well as unique corporate branded compilations.
Producer/DJ Willem Gerards, the founder of GaGa ElektriX, was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has been a musician since his college years and played guitar and keyboards in local bands.
It is not necessarily that Architects come forth with the catchiest vocals or something that sounds like other music out currently, but the arrangements should be what capture listeners easiest on “Reciprocityâ€. The guitars that flitter in the background are the true thing to be toasted on the track, even as the bass gives these guitars a run for their money, bashing through in all of their chunky glory. To…
From The Bouncing Souls: It’s our anniversary finally and we are taking our party and our new jams on the road! We have so many exciting shows coming up, we hope you will join us as we won’t disappoint.
Critically acclaimed songstress MARIA TAYLOR is set to release her third solo album titled LADYLUCK on April 7. Teaming up with producer friends Andy LeMaster (Bright Eyes, Azure Ray and a host of Saddle Creek label mates), Mike Mogis and Lukas Burton and featuring collaborations with Michael Stipe, Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes and Mckenzie Smith of Midlake, LadyLuck showcases Taylor’s ability to pull at your heart strings while proving…
The Loved Ones may just be the most underrated band in punk rock today. Despite a handful of stellar records including last year’s stand out Build & Burn, paint by number bands like Fall Out Boy and Paramore manage to snag magazine covers and stadium tours, while The Loved Ones continue to slog it out on the punk rock club tour circuit.
Gojira, the French quartet whose latest album, “The Way of All Flesh,” ended up hundreds of best of lists worldwide (Revolver – #2, Metal Hammer – #4, Rock Hard – #2a nd wowed US audiences on a recent run of dates with In Flames have unveiled a visually stunning video to accompany “All The Tears.” Directed by Spanish artist Jossie Malis, drummer Mario Dupliantier commented, “When we first came across Jossie’s…
During their first track on “Charge!!â€, The Aquabats mix together the guitars and structures of Interpol with the stop-start nature of Devo to create a new hybrid of music that does not find a parallel in any other band. Throwing in a little bit of Misfits-cheese for the breakdown, The Aquabats are literally boiling over with all the energy that they can muster. The Aquabats’ largest contribution to popular music…
Every so often I’m given the opportunity to review a band that has that something special and I usually tout it about that I’ve stumbled upon the next BIG thing. Well this time I’m almost certain that I have. 1090 Club, a four piece from Billings, Montana, sophomore release on SideCho Records titled Natural Selection is as complete as it gets. Over ten tracks 1090 Club completely grabs your attention…