Boy, has Jarboe been on a cleaning spree the last year, clearing our eir closet of practically all the demos and music that have been left to the wayside in the last fifteen years? Starting out the CD with “Song For Dead Time”, Jarboe’s pop-mentality allows this gothic-tinged track to soar above the fray, using ethereal vocals and continual piano lines to make for a delectable track. Following the delightful…
02 Jun 10 Barcelona (ES) Apollo 2 04 Jun 10 Toulouse (FR) Le Phare 06 Jun 10 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg 08 Jun 10 Strasbourg (FR) La Laiterie 09 Jun 10 Paris (FR) Noveau Casino 10 Jun 10 Aarschot (BE) Klinker 12 Jun 10 Donington Park (UK) Download Festival
The cover of “Keep Quiet, They Might Hear Us” is fairly low-key. This low-key look really is perfect for hiding a brand of emo meets rock (think Samiam more than Coheed here), and really allows The January Taxi to hit the gates running. “Star Light The Sun” drops the vocal focus of the previous track for a more compelling brand of arrangements that, even in its guitar-heavy state is able…
11 Jun 10 Nickelsdorf (AT) Novarock Festival 12 Jun 10 Interlaken (CH) Greenfield Festival 13 Jun 10 Donington Park (UK) Download Festival 15 Jun 10 Eindhoven (NL) Dynamo 16 Jun 10 Sneek (NL) Bolkwerk 17 Jun 10 Göteborg (SE) West Coast Riot 18 Jun 10 Flensburg (DE) Volxbad 19 Jun 10 Trier (DE) Ex-Haus (Summerblast Festiv) 20 Jun 10 Clisson (FR) Hellfest (Terrorizer Tent) 24 Jun 10 San Diego, CA…
The instrumental interlude that starts off “Like Cold Rain Kills a Summer Day” is something that I would never recommend a band to do. The minute of instrumental opening feels like eons whenever an act does it. Start from a 0 level, but don’t let a few minutes go by before kicking into the disc. Still, even with this early black mark against the band, Janez Detd is able to…
During her down time in between recording and touring, FOF Recording artist Leiana is doing her part to help save some of Philadelphia’s animals. Leiana has been volunteering at the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society to help rescue pit bulls that have been abandoned or neglected by owners throughout the area. “Rescuing pit bulls is one my passions. They are a very misunderstood breed. I rescued my first living in Hollywood,…
Patrice Scott (Sistrum) The Mole (Wagon Repair) Trus’me (Prime Numbers) Ethyl and Flori (Quitessentials, Freerange) Giles Smith (secretsundaze) James Priestley (secretsundaze) The Secret Agency* (secretsundaze’s new booking agency) and secretsundaze are proud to announce details of our 3rd party at Barcelona’s amazing open air club La Terrazzza. Although this is the 3rd year secretsundaze will be representing at La Terrazzza after 2 hugely successful parties, this is the first real…
June 4 – Manheim PA @ Warehouse 54 *LIVE DVD SHOOT* June 11 -Tempere Finland @ Sauna Open Air Festival June 13 – Donnington Park UK @ Download Festival Japanese Dates with GREELEY ESTATES June 17 – Nagoya Japan @ Club Zion June 18 – Osaka Japan @ The Live House June 19 – Tokyo Japan @ Shibuya Cyclone June 20 – Tokyo Japan @ Club Asia July 2 –…
Janeska sings in a style that has manifested itself through much of dance culture, outwardly sounding like Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani. To couch tracks like “On Your Knees” as anything besides feel-good music would be mis-contextualize Janeska. While “Moonlight” uses a much slower tempo for its backing beat, the same pop-pandering style is put forth by Janeska. Here might be a hint of techno present in the track, but…
Sat Jun 5 Baltimore, MD Starscape Festival Fri Jun 18 Calgary, AB Flames Central Sat Jun 19 Dallas, TX Electric Daisy Carnival Thu Jul 8 Phoenix, AZ Cherry Lounge & Pit Thu Jul 15 Kansas City, MO Mosaic Fri Jul 16 Denver, CO Global Dance Festival Sat Jul 17 Mairiaville, NY Camp Bisco Festival Sat Jul 24 Los Angeles, CA Audiotistic Festival RUSKO ON THE HARD SUMMER TOUR Fri Aug…
Individuals who have any access to outside musical sources (whether they be popular radio or music video stations) have at least some idea who Jane’s Addiction were. Practically any discussion about the nineties will have a section about the band (or their biggest hit, “Been Caught Stealing”) due to the effect that the band has had on individuals and bands both contemporary and current. The fact that there had not…
Visit http://www.myspace.com/regainrecords to check out the new track from Swedish death metal legends GRAVE. “Liberation” comes off the band’s eagerly anticipated new studio album, Burial Ground, scheduled for release via Regain Records this summer. Following its release, GRAVE will embark on a string of festival performances including: 6/03/10 Jam Rock Open Air – ®amberk, CZ 6/04/10 Alte Brauerei – Annaberg-Buchholz, DE 6/11/10 Death Feast Open Air – Hünxe, DE 6/12/10…
Transcendent of any musical genre, Jane’s sophomore release begins with “Never Thought It Was Love”, a country meets Sheryl Crow-type of romp, which moves into the much more electronically-infused “Place To Find You”. Instead of overdoing it with the synthesizer lines in the aforementioned track, Jane is able to chart eirself as a more sedate alternative to Madonna. “Place To Find You” is a more sedate, nineties-themed dance track. The…
On June 8th, Chicago’s Cardiac Arrest will release their Ibex Moon Records debut, Haven For The Insane. The band’s third full-length, Haven For The Insane promises to deliver the kind of aural pummeling that only the most extreme brand of death metal can provide. Drummer “Grindhead” Jim Deabenderfer, regarding the release of Haven for the Insane: “We are very proud of this record, and couldn’t be happier with the initial…
Bellflur, a long-time presence in Washington, DC scene, has been acclaimed for years for its fierce stage performance and knack for making odd musical tendencies seem comprehensible to listeners of all genres. The band’s upcoming album “asleep.asleep.” is a profound step forward for the band, demonstrating more controlled grandness and accessibility without being “accessible.” “asleep.asleep.” was produced and recorded by Bellflur over the course of two and a half years…
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is excited to announce the newest addition to the 2010 lineup: the Lunar Stage. The stage will be set up outdoors and have a giant screen for fans to watch the World Cup games during the day, starting at 6:30am. At night the Lunar Stage will morph into an open-air dance party, where world-renowned electronic artists and DJs will be performing late into the…
Coming off as a less Christian Crystal Lewis, Jane performs a very innocuous type of pop music that owes more to The Carpenters and Shania Twain than Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. While Jane does play acoustic guitar, another ten people join into the mix, but each individual (at least those who play instruments) sounds more like a program function of Cakewalk than an actual human being. Take the five-minute…
The eighth annual Bard SummerScape presents Judgment Day (“Der jüngste Tag”), a gripping 1937 drama by Austro-Hungarian Ödön von Horváth, one of the most talented playwrights of his generation. A runaway hit of last fall’s theater season in London, Judgment Day implicitly investigates the roots of Nazism among Austria-Hungary’s ordinary working people. The new production from acclaimed young Irish director Caitriona McLaughlin, in translation from the German by Academy Award-winner…
To be honest, it took me a few minutes to truly get into the type of music that Jaks played. By the time that the track “Damn Bloodsucker” started up, I knew that I would be a fan of their dance-noise style. The ever-present bass lines (which provide a groove all their own) and the Primus-like arrangement of “Dumbwaiter” show a band that liked to experiment with the boundaries of…
AS I LAY DYING Debut on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at #10 with “The Powerless Rise” Group will make nation TV debut on the Revolver Golden Gods Awards airing Saturday May 22nd on VH1 Classic BAND TO APPEAR ON “LOVELINE” TUESDAY, MAY 25 (11:00 PM PST) TO CO-HOST WITH DR. DREW PINKSY WORLD TOUR UNDERWAY! “It’s not that that they’ve changed their formula so much as honed it to…