“Little Games” is the first track on “October”, and from the onset of “October”, the members of Duc’n It Easy are confident. So confident, in fact, that this introduction to the band is well over seven minutes. The interplay between the lead and rhythm guitar drives this track to a pinnacle that few bands can achieve, while the drums fill in at the right places to keep things innovative. Little…
Switzerland based death wave act SYBREED have confirmed new dates including a UK tour with DEATHSTARS and a Russian trip with French band DAGOBA. Their latest and third album “The Pulse of Awakening” (mixed by Rhys Fulber), released in November 2009 in Europe and March 2010 in Japan, has met a roaring response from medias which led to a series of European dates with IN FLAMES with new bass player…
The chaos that Hopewell throws in from the onset of “ Hopewell & The Birds of Paradise”, including a number of middle-eastern sounding instruments, horns, and dreamy-pop vocals really is enough to make listeners’ ears perk up. “Calcutta” comes to the plate with a much more traditional and coherent assault on Hopewell’s listeners, but does not completely abandon the Bacchic nature of the first track. The ropey bass present on…
Sal Valentino & Strings w/special guest Ricky Berger Friday, April 23rd, 2010 Marilyn’s On K – K Street between 9th & 10th, Sacramento, CA Show starts at 8:30PM Tickets: $13 advance, $15 at the door – 916.446.4361 – www.marilynsonk.com On Friday April 23rd, the legendary Sal Valentino – along with David Houston and strings – join forces with local fan-favorite Ricky Berger for a beautiful night of music. This will…
New York Dates April 21th – Secret Show – Secret Location April 22nd – Webster Hall With Owen Pallet – New York April 23rd – Sycamore With Gasper Claus & Pedro Soler – Brookyln April 25th – Glasslands – Brookyln The Luyas is the project of Pietro Amato, Mathieu Charbonneau, Stefan Schneider, Jessie Stein and occasionally Sarah Neufeld. The band first came together somewhat haphazardly, the initial result of which…
The noise that Boris brings to his “Pink” is something that swaddles the music that is contained within. In a sense, the singing that begins the album in “Farewell” is fairly sedate, even though the music that surrounds it is raunchy as all get out. Tracks can be seven or eight minutes and it does not matter; Boris creates a soundscape with each of the tracks on this disc that…
* April 18 @ The Fillmore/Jackie Gleason Theater – Miami, FL April 19 @ House of Blues – Buena Vista, FL May 31 @ Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS (without the Black Keys) June 2 @ The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT June 3 @ The Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO June 4 @ The Crossroad – Kansas, MO June 8 @ 1st Avenue – Minneapolis, MN June 9 @…
We are thrilled to announce that Phosphorescent have confirmed their first shows in support of their forthcoming LP, Here’s To Taking It Easy. The band will be performing a run of intimate shows in their hometown of New York City, before heading to Europe for a more extensive tour. Here’s To Taking It Easy will be available May 11th (May 10th in the UK) and many more North American tour…
Honeyhander – Woolly Mannerisms / 2005 S.A.F. / 5 Tracks / http://www.honeyhander.com / http://www.safrecords.com / Reviewed 29 September 2005 The distended vocals of Marilyn Manson hide themselves behind an eighties-influenced, synthesizer-heavy sound for “Wear Our Your Muscles Maryâ€. The track is a little repetitious, as the disotortion on the vocals renders everything into a mush from no words can escape. This mixture is decidedly low-key, and really smacks more of…
Well-known children’s director Cory Wilkerson has been tapped to direct the Hershey Playhouse summer production, “Hello Dolly†and has tapped TD Ford to produce. Both have slated two days, Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8, for auditions to be held at the Hershey Playhouse, Wilkerson noted that Hello Dolly! includes roles for children, teens and mature adult actors with featured roles in the adult and teen age groups as…
This beer retails at around $6-7, and it provides quite a kick considering that it clocks in at 10%. Take that into consideration with the fact that it’s a bomber, and one has essentially 4 beers under one’s belt after killing this bottle. The light coloring of the beer itself belies this heavy alcohol content, as the head quickly dissipates. The Reverend comes through with a decently light nose, one…
New England metal troupe THE BREATHING PROCESS are road-bound today, kicking off a 25-date US tour in support of their recently issued Candlelight full-length Odyssey: (Un)Dead. The journey begins in Albany, New York at Bogies and will blast its way across the country before winding down at Sounds Asylum in Goshen, New York. Tour dates are as follows: THE BREATHING PROCESS US Tour 2010 4/17/10 Lucky’s Pub – Wilmington, NC…
Hungarian thrash metal miscreants MORBID CARNAGE recently completed the recording of debut full-length, Night Assassins, to be released via Singapore-based Pulverised Records later this year. Night Assassins features seven tracks of raw, molten, ’80s-inspired hell thrash that reek of beer, evil, burning embers and empty graves. Night Assassins Track Listing 1) “Warlust” 2) “Slaughtering” 3) “Funeral Pyre” 4) “Empty Graves” 5) “Deviant” 6) “Castle In Pain” 7) “Night Assassins” Check…
Honeycreeper – Freakqualizer / 2005 Planet A / 11 Tracks / http://www.honeycreeper.net / Reviewed 15 October 2006 At first blush, I thought Honeycreeper was going to come with a very jam band type of sound. “Your Voice†is the first track on the disc, and the female vocals are different enough that individuals will largely ignore the rest of the instrumentation on the track. This is not to say that…
They said it wouldn’t happen. They were dead wrong. Legendary brutal death metal squadron Skinless will unite for a very special one-off performance June 19th at Northern Lights in Clifton Park, New York! Featuring the classic lineup that helped rearrange the face of death metal with their soul-crushing Progression Towards Evil and Foreshadowing Our Demise full-lengths (1998 and 2001 respectively), vocalist Sherwood Webber, drummer Bob Beaulac, guitarist Noah Carpenter and…
The Honorary Title – Anything Else But The Truth / 2004 Doghouse Records / 12 Tracks / http://www.thehonorarytitle.com / http://www.doghouserecords.com / Reviewed 18 September 2004 The Honorary Title play a style of college-rock that is reminiscent of Lucero, Weezer and early Goo Goo Dolls, back before the latter had completely turned into the adult contemporary juggernaut they are currently. The rich mastering of “Anything Else But The Truth” allows for…
It’s hard to imagine Fairmont front man Neil Sabatino was once a punk rocker. His work with New Jersey’s Fairmont is more likely to bring up descriptions like “lush” and “atmospheric”. On the band latest effort, the six-song EP “The Meadow At Dusk,” indie rockers Fairmont stuck to the same style (thankfully) that made 2008’s “Transcendence” such an enjoyable record, but have added in an extra vocalist.
Annie is special support for Marc Almond’s forthcoming 30 Year Celebration – My Hits And A Sides tour. Annie and Paul will be performing a special set with Baby Dee. The first dates are as follows – more will be announced in the coming weeks. November * 12 The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK * 13 De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK * 15 St Davids…
Tour Dates: 4/20 San Francisco, CA @ Change the Beat 4/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Pehrspace w/ Knight Rider 5/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Grand Royal Offices w/ One AM Radio & Jogger 5/5 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo w/ Dosh 5/6 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Dosh For mercurial L.A. music-maker Will Wiesenfeld, Baths has been a long time coming. The 21-year-old has spent…
The Holy Mountain – Bloodstains Across Your Face in Decline / 2004 No Idea / 16 Tracks / http://www.noidearecords.com / http://www.noidearecords.com/bands/releases/holymountain_blood.html / Reviewed 28 January 2005 The pedigree on The Holy Mountain is impressive, taking members from Combatwoundedveteran and The Blackout Terror, but is “Bloodstains Across Your Face…†any good? Well, the music contained on this disc is beyond brutal, reminiscent of eighties-style hardcore with more than a little metal…