I loved The Unicorns a great deal when I heard their “Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone”, and to hear that some of the members of that band are in the Islands, I began to get excited about “Return to the Sea”. The album breaks away from the traditional pop act sound by incorporating a number of vocalists as the focal point of the band. In this sense,…
B9 newcomers Foundation are currently out on a full US tour with their friends in Backtrack and have just confirmed a tour throughout June and July alongside Terror, Grave Maker and Naysayer called the Keepers of the Faith Tour! Foundation drummer Champ Hammett said, “We couldn’t be more excited to be a part of the Keepers Of The Faith tour. To be able to see this tour in smaller venues…
AVAILABLE FOR FREE WEDNESDAY, MAY 26th ON MADDECENT.COM www.maddecent.com The ubiquitous electro-dancehall duo Major Lazer has partnered with English synthpop outfit La Roux to create Lazerproof, a mixtape to be released for free on Wednesday, May 26th from Mad Decent! On their self-titled debut from Cherrytree / Interscope, La Roux front-woman Elly Jackson channels her new wave and pop influences and projects them onto a backdrop of intricate electronic musings…
It is true that Oceanic fits well with the sound that Isis puts on this disc. For “Weight”, done by Fennesz gives listeners a sense of being by a sea. This sea sound, created by white noise, is one of the better emulations of nature. This compilation of “reinterpretations” is interesting to say the least. While Fennesz has a very solemn and sedate sound dominating their track, Ayal Naor creates…
Scheduled for release on June 8th, 2010 by Seeland Records, the label owned by legendary culture-jammers, Negativland, GiTAr’s “STUFFED” has the potential to make you more than you are without it. GiTAr members Ellipse Elkshow and I Cut People were raised in Evansville, Indiana, home to major polluters, factories, cancer statistics, pharmaceutical manufacturing and a test town for new products cooked up by various fast food giants. In that cold…
I’m not sure exactly if having two non-song tracks to start out your album is necessarily something a rapper attempting to reach that next level of fame really should be doing. When J. Isaac starts the song section of eir disc with “Baby Ez Up”, a lot of this doubt disappears. “Baby Ez Up” starts out in a Sisqo vein, but the backing beat seems to be a little anemic…
DIAMOND EYES was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Alice in Chains, Coheed & Cambria, Foo Fighters) and recorded in Los Angeles, CA. The band recorded the album after their best friend and bassist Chi Cheng sustained a debilitating brain injury from a car accident in November of 2008. “After Chi’s accident, it would have been easy for us to make a sad record,” says singer and guitarist Chino Moreno. “But really,…
Australia’s CONTRIVE will release their long overdue album THE INTERNAL DIALOGUE on July 2nd 2010. The first pressing will be available as Special Limited Edition hand numbered embossed digipak to #500 copies only! It will be available in stores Australia wide via MGM Distribution or order through the band’s Myspace page for fans outside of Australia. It will also be available via iTunes and many other digital outlets. Mixed by…
There are albums that are re-released for a number of reasons seemingly every day. Expanded editions, discs with new tracks on them, but very rarely is it that a deleted, long out of print album will see the ligh of day again. It probably will not happen in regards to Warren Zevon’s Terminus City or Neil Young’s Trans, but to see that there are individuals that will take it upon…
Denver death metallers ENEMY REIGN recently made their live debut on European soil beginning with a thoroughly pummeling performance at this year’s edition of the Neurotic Deathfest in Tilburg. The sold-out event featured ENEMY REIGN alongside some of extreme metal’s finest acts including Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Pestilence, Dying Fetus and Napalm Death. The band followed their deathfest appearance with a string of pillaging club shows in Belgium, the UK, Switzerland…
The style of music that Irving plays is something that has not been heard quite as much since the end of the eighties. The very dusky, retro sound of Irving is done with a quality that will make individuals find something to love about the band, even if the individual’s tastes are far removed from the band’s style. For example, a song like “Situation” is something that is heavily based…
6/1 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY 6/2 – Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub – Boston, MA 6/3 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA 6/5 – The Bell House – Brooklyn, NY 6/6 – Jammin Java Music Club & Cafe – Vienna, VA 6/7 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON 6/9 – Double Door – Chicago, IL 6/10 – Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN 6/12 – Bluebird…
While a general theatrical strike caused the cancellation of the original opening night and delayed René Pape’s long-awaited role debut as Wagner’s King of the Gods, Wotan, Pape remarked calmly during his strike-imposed relaxation in a Milan hotel room, “Whenever it happens, it happens. My Wotan is ready to enter the world.” The strike concluded, Wagner’s Das Rheingold opened on May 16 at La Scala in a new co-production by…
This is hardcore that should be called such, instead of jock-metal. This mixes thrash, punk, and Slayer-like metal to create something that is hard enough to bang one’s head to but not dark enough that a killer mosh pit couldn’t be started. The band, which has members of Sick of It All, Nausea, and Killing Time in it, really shows a maturity that goes well beyond the amount of time…
Currently out on the road for a headlining tour through the end of May, The Spill Canvas have announced that they will continue touring in June and throughout the summer. The summer leg begins on June 12th and includes several Canadian dates. The band will also hit the road opening for Goo Goo Dolls and Switchfoot in July and August. The Spill Canvas, which is vocalist/guitarist Nick Thomas, guitarist Dan…
Hit-making songwriter Claude Kelly, dubbed the “Studio Beast,” penned the recently leaked Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson ballad “Love Is Your Color.” “Love Is Your Color” is the feature collaboration by two of today’s biggest divas off of the forthcoming original soundtrack for the new movie Sex And The City 2, out May 25 and in theaters May 27, respectively. The duet, produced by critically acclaimed producer and songwriter Salaam…
At the end of their last year of hard touring in support of their second album ‘Big Eye Little Eye’, which took them by way of Britain and Germany, straight across the USA sharing stages with Canadian luminaries like Feist and Sloan, those who witnessed its fury likely had no inkling it was the end of a chapter for the band. The long awaited homecoming was bittersweet; there were big…
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Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, Jana Hunter’s voice, and insistent drum throbs are the core components of Baltimore’s Lower Dens. Hunter, sometimes known for intimate, ghost-heavy weird-fi, is now writing and playing with a group that might get filed as new wave, or drone pop, or post-punk. With due deference to her solo work, we’re very glad. The swarming wave-throb, coupled with Hunter’s lyrics and redolent, charred voice, wrecks. The…
Indie-pop songstress Kina Grannis is thrilled to announce a Spring headlining tour of the US. The incredibly talented 24-year-old from Mission Viejo, California of Japanese, English, Irish, French, Dutch, Welsh and Scottish descent is heading out in support of her debut full-length album Stairwells. Self-released in February, the album debuted on the Billboard 200, #5 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart and #2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart. The release…