After an incredible debut last month, reaching the #1 spot on the iTunes Hip-Hop charts with his 1st Round Records release, Boston’s Boy, Sam Adams continues to show he has an impressive hold on his market and is quickly expanding it. When the video for the first single, “Driving Me Crazy†was leaked onto www.worldstarhiphop.com on Sunday night, it received over 1,060,000 hits in less than 24 hours, propelling his…
In a quick turnaround since the game was originally released as Samurai Spirits: Flash in Japan, Samurai Showdown Sen has been brought to U.S. shores (a little more than four months). The title immediately differs from a number of other titles in the Samurai Shodown series in terms of the character breakdown. Where previous titles kept a majority of characters in from previous iterations of the titles, Sen seems to…
Ibex Moon Records’ most recently acquired brutalists, Cardiac Arrest, will be appearing live at Chicago’s Red Line Tap (7006 N Glenwood) on April 24th with the almighty Deceased. Also appearing on the bill will be Superchrist and Trials. For details, visit www.myspace.com/metalupyourtap. Additionally, the band will be hosting a listening party at The Exit Chicago (1315 W North Ave) on June 6th for their upcoming Ibex Moon debut, Haven For…
Julianna Barkwick will join Eluvium on a U.S. tour this May! Julianna Barwick recently signed to Asthmatic Kitty and will be releasing an album in 2011. Julianna Barwick’s experimental soundscapes are in part informed by her experience growing up in Louisiana and Missouri, singing weekly with her church congregation and school choirs. Her loop-based compositions replicate the soaring textures of a large choral group using only her voice, a loop…
Hollow Ground – Cold Reality / 2006 Organized Crime Records / 6 Tracks / http://www.myspace.com/hollowground / http://www.organizedcrimerecords.com / Reviewed 26 April 2006 The rough opening that “Cold Reality†has is not a result by any lack of maturity or talent on Hollow Ground’s part, but rather a desire to keep step for step with established bands like Hatebreed. The screamed-out vocals that first assault listeners during songs like “Ill Fate 
It has been a long time since we reviewed an Absolut vodka, and even longer since we reviewed a spirit that is at least partially based on the Acai Berry (October and February 2009, to be specific). We were lucky enough to receive a bottle of Absolut’s latest effort, their Berri Acai, a short while ago. The first thing that one will notice about the spirit is the sweet fruit…
matt pond PA will be touring this spring in support of The Dark Leaves. 04.16 – St. Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena # 04.22 – Lincoln, NE @ Rococo Theatre – UPC Radio Happy Hour + 05.05 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club * 05.06 – State College, PA @ Allen Street Stage * 05.07 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar * 05.09 – Dekalb, MI @The House Cafe *…
To name your band after a towering figure of the romantic period takes balls. So does playing your first show to over 2000 people. But as the decade ticked over and clean slates were needed, Eric Lodwick, Cale Parks & Drew Robinson seized the chance to create their own context. Loosening the ties on past projects, they dug deep into the winter in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to emerge fully formed as…
Jolie Holland – Springtime Can Kill You / 2006 Anti / 12 Tracks / http://www.jolieholland.com / http://www.anti.com / Reviewed 07 June 2006 To say that Holland’s vocals are not bizarre is to lie to one’s self. There is an interesting way that Holland chews eir vocals during “Crush in the Ghettoâ€. Most of the vocals are unaffected, but at the end of each line there seems to be this curiosity.…
While the character that Stone Cold Steve Austin plays whenever ey comes back to the WWE is beyond stale, I feel that the budding actor Steve Austin can take a lead role and change things enough to keep things interesting in a longer format. Damage is the first bit of evidence that I have for this, as Austin plays John Brickner. Starting out the movie as an inmate, Brickner realizes…
Hot off the success of their tour with Chevelle and Three Days Grace, cutting edge Las Vegas rockers Adelitas Way announce dates with Puddle Of Mudd this Spring. No strangers to the road, Adelitas Way have already completed tours with Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Theory Of A Deadman, Breaking Benjamin, and Shinedown. The Puddle of Mudd tour will take them to both new and familiar venues, stopping along…
Grammy Award winning British Singer, songwriter, studio whizz, Imogen Heap announced today her second US tour in support of her third solo album, Ellipse. This marks the 6th leg of her “Ellipse World Tour†which has already taken North America, United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and Asia by storm. Beginning in Detroit, MI on May 22, Heap will crisscross the country for 4 weeks ending in Saratoga. CA on…
“Awake Now†begins “Heads We Winâ€, and it skillfully ties together rock music from the seventies (Foghat, AC/DC, Boston), alternative music from the nineties (Weezer, Black Crowes) and current efforts (Buckcherry) into something that is hard-hitting while catchy to a large fan base. “Song About Revenge†starts out with crunchy guitars, splashy drums, and takes no prisoners in the band’s creation of timeless rock that will remind listeners of leather-enrobed…
Italian Japanese is a very atmospheric band that uses silence just as much as instrumental compositions to craft “The Lush, Romantic Weirdnessâ€. Despite the track only running a hair under four minutes, “Jeremiah†is an epic track. There is little more here than vocals, guitars, and very slight amounts of drums, yet there is a fullness here that requires that listeners go through the track numerous times to hear what…
Very few albums are able to keep listeners compelled and actively interacting with a band or individual throughout every single cut. Even albums seen by many to be nigh-perfect, like the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness†or the Mothers of Invention’s “Freak Out!â€, have a few tracks that fail to deliver. Sonarpilot’s Mothership is one of the few double albums cut in the last five or ten…
4/16 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall* 4/17 – Chicago, IL – Metro* 4/18 – St. Louis, MO – The Old Rock House* 4/20 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note* 4/21 – Indianapolis, IN – Earth House* 4/22 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick* 4/23 – Toronto, ON – Mod Club* 4/27 – Northampton, MA – Pearl Street* 4/28 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place* 5/3 – Philadelphia,…
The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday / 2005 Frenchkiss / 11 Tracks / http://www.theholdsteady.com / Reviewed 26 April 2005 The Hold Steady start off “Separation Sunday†with a very confusing style that really mixes a Tim Armstrong-style of vocal and ska-influenced guitar riffs with a Talking Heads-like structure. In what seems to be an ode to a more pissed off Conor Oberst, Hold Sunday’s “â€Cattle and the Creeping Thing†uses…
I was a fan of the Alvin and the Chipmunks show that originally aired in the eighties, and to be honest, hadn’t caught much of the Chipmunks revival fever that had gripped the country in the last few years. However, I was given a copy of the latest film – The Squeakquel – in the Blu-Ray and DVD combo pack. First off, the blend of real and CGI actors –…
To celebrate the release of Diamond Eyes on May 4th, Deftones and neufutur.com are excited to offer you the chance to win an ESP LTD SC-207 guitar signed by Deftones.
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