PAUL SMITH & PETER BREWIS announce ‘FROZEN BY SIGHT’ performances
Paul Smith (Maximo Park) & Peter Brewis (Field Music) have just announced three performances of their collaborative composition ‘Frozen By Sight’ (album due on 17th November).
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The Voices of Terror Rock-Rap Dynasty CD Review
I Am the Beast is a track that blends together catchy electronic, rap, and rock styles into something that is an expansion of P.O.D. and Eminem. The sheer quality of the musical arrangements during Rock-Rap Dynasty is hat sets off the title from other titles released this year. Lethal Weapon puts the instrumental side of things to the fore, creating a very quick tempo that keeps listeners on the edges…
Leonard Faraday Interview
Hello, Leonard. Thanks for sitting down with us. Can you provide us a little information about yourself and what you are attempting to do with your music? Hi, thanks for having me! I’d say that the things which influenced me the most growing up have been what I’m trying to capture in my writing and in the stylistic choices I’m making in the music. I’ve always loved album-oriented rock, the…
WydeFrame So Ashamed Single Review
The production of So Ashamed creates a vibrant backdrop for WydeFrame’s unique rap style, which touches upon hints of Andre 3000, 50 Cent, Killer Mike, and Young Buck. The high energy flow present during this track keeps things interesting from beginning to the end. The overall recording of the track is perfect, allowing for the lyrics to be easily digested. The track blends the gritty post-gangster rap of the early…
SOULBURN announces second album, ‘The Suffocating Darkness’
Originally, SOULBURN emerged after the demise of Dutch death metal legends ASPHYX in the mid 90’s, when founding members Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums) looked for a separate outlet to unleash their mutual obsession of BATHORY, VENOM, CELTIC FROST and unite it with a dark, doomy and primal death metallic twist. After a demo and the cult Feeding On Angels debut album via Century Media Records in 1998,…
Texas Is The Reason Front Man Garrett Klahn Releasing Limited Edition 7″
Texas Is The Reason front man/guitarist Garrett Klahn will release a limited edition 7″ titled “I Don’t Care At All” on November 18 via Rise Records. The 7″ features etching on the B-Side and is limited to 500 copies.
The Dismemberment Plan to reissue ‘Change’ on vinyl on November 4
It’s odd to think of anything post-millennium as an entirely different time compared to present day, but given the way culture moves nowadays, the year 2001 might as well have been a lifetime ago. Take, for instance, beloved Washington, D.C.-based post-punk party band The Dismemberment Plan . The quartet-vocalist/guitarist Travis Morrison, guitarist Jason Caddell, bassist Eric Axelson and drummer Joe Easley-had been making music for close to a decade before…
Leonard Faraday Foundation CD Review
Foundation begins with She Hides Away, a track that touches upon progressive rock, alternative, and harder forms of music. The production is such that the dfferent elements of the tracks – guitars, drums, and vocals – are able to shine on their own as well as contribute to a very cohesive sort of opening. Awake begins with a very spacy / fuzzy guitar and shuffling drum beat before Faraday’s Zevon…
Cash Cash Release “Surrender”
Cash Cash debuts a brand new smash “Surrender” as infectious as the rest — premiering on Billboard and quickly approaching iTunes Top 10 — out today via Big Beat Records. The pop banger effortlessly mixes infectious vocals with a pulsing dance beat that will grab you from the beginning and stay with you till long after—a perfect transition from recent hits, “Take Me Home” ft. Bebe Rexha and “Lightning” ft.…
Dragged Into Sunlight set to embark on a European tour
Dragged Into Sunlight have left a permanent scar on the extreme metal community ever since they emerged with their debut, Hatred For Mankind. Countless live shows (including prestigious festival slots at Maryland Deathfest, Incubate, Damnation and their recent Japanese tour) have further cemented their place as one of the most visceral and cathartic live bands in extreme music.
Yung Gleesh Shares ‘Cleansides Finest III’ Mixtape
After co-founding legendary D.C. gogo band TOB, Gleesh rose to local rap prominence through the release of several street mixtapes that showcase his sometimes dark, sometimes comedic, but always original style of street rap, aptly titled Shitbag Music. Since he began, Gleesh frequently collaborated with MMG-signee Fat Trel, Chicago Based music group GBE’s Fredo Santana, Ballout & Capo. In early 2013 he fielded an offer to join Gucci Mane’s 1017…
Anie Lovekill EP
The titular effort on the Lovekill EP is a complex unity of synth-pop, The Anniversary, Say Anything, and Matt and Kim. The track is very dense and filled to the brim with different vocals, instruments, and arrangements. Amongst all of this material something honest and beautiful is created, with the introductory track dovetailing nicely into Honey. The more authoritative and emotionally heavy arrangements here showcase the instrumental side of the…
Mike Farris ‘Shine For All The People’ Out Today
Compass Records is pleased to announce the release today of Mike Farris’ latest studio project, SHINE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. This long-awaited follow up to 2007’s critically acclaimed SALVATION IN LIGHTS includes both original material and Farris’ trademark interpretations of traditional gospel steeped in the influence of rock, vintage Memphis soul and the swagger of New Orleans.
PINS share ‘Come Back’ from new EP
Following on from their acclaimed 2013 debut album release Girls Like Us, PINS will return with a limited edition cassette EP ‘Come Back’ for Cassette Day on 27th September. Today, the Manchester four-piece have shared the title track, a cover of the The Belles song from 1966.
Vozerts Duel Single Review
Duel is the latest effort from Vozerts, who are a cutting edge band from Macedonia. The single will immediately make fans of anyone that has listened to eighties and nineties dance music, industrial, and gothic rock. The production of the track is incredibly clear and allows all the constituent elements ample opportunity to shine through. The different elements – vocals, synthesizers, drums – all combine to make an alluring and…
Blind Lemon Pledge Evangeline CD Review
Evangeline is Blind Lemon Pledge’s latest album, and captures a wide variety of styles and approaches over the album’s 10 tracks. Buley’s Farm is a very emotive and authoritative track that touches upon a much earlier blues and folk tradition. Each constituent element that contributes to this track (stomping, guitar, harmonica) is on-point. The multiple vocal harmony provides considerable energy to this track, ensuring that listeners stick with Evangeline. Jennie…
Billy Roberts and the Rough Riders The Last of the Originals CD Review
This Australian act has all of the energy and talent that they need to make the tracks on The Last of the Originals shine; over the course of 10 tracks, the band is able to establish their own unique style. Mrs Jones is a compelling track that settles in nicely to mid-nineties alt-country; hints of R.E.M. and Wilco can be made, all while the vocals provide a wonderful narrative quality…
Buddha’s Hand Wheat Beer
The wheat beer / witbier style is one that is hard to do right. We have had a number of efforts masquerade as a witbier that for all intents and purposes were a lager, but Breckenridge has made an impressive showing here. The beer wit a very hazy yellow / gold coloration, possessing a nose that is strong with hints of citrus, malt, and floral elements. The citrus is also…
SENSES FAIL Signs To Pure Noise Records
SENSES FAIL has announced they have signed to Pure Noise Records. The news comes shortly after the band kicked off their nationwide Let It Enfold You 10th Anniversary Tour. Senses Fail will also be entering the studio in November to start recording their next full length which is scheduled to be released in summer 2015. A full list of tour dates can be seen below.
Nick Hakim Streams Where Will We Go Pt. 2 EP
Nick Hakim is now streaming the four-track collection of songs in full via SoundCloud, with previously unheard tracks Sleep and Heaven available for fans to hear. The Brooklyn-based, DC-raised artist has been gaining acclaim for his modern, bluesy take on soul and R&B, with the newest EP coming hot off the heels of this summers Where Will We Go Pt. 1, whose singles Cold and Pour Another put the newcomer…