Zulu Dawn is an engrossing film that is helmed by a number of stars (Peter O’Toole, Burt Lancaster, Bob Hoskins, and Simon Ward), is bolstered through a stellar score crafted by Elmer Bernstein (who scored The Ten Commandments, Ghostbusters, and Stripes), and tells an epic story. Set 100 years in the past from its release date, Zulu Dawn captures the tense relationship between the Zulu Empire and the British forces…
Sunshine has been around for a decade, and the sound really is cultivated to the point that one knows that this band has been around for an eternity in band years. Taking equal parts Nine Inch Nails and The Strokes, the opening to “Moonshower and Razorblade”, “What You’rve Got” is an immediate hit for the band, using a distinctive set of vocals to confidently stride forward into new territory.…
The Dragon Ball Z Season One Uncut Blu-Ray set has just been released, and it bundles up the first thirty-nine episodes of this classic Japanese anime in one tidy package. The video quality of the first batch of DBZ episodes is simply fantastic. Individuals that watched the Cartoon Network airings of these episodes will be awe-struck at how well Dragon Ball Z cleaned up. The value-priced release (one will…
“NO MORE WATER” VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/82562848 As is typical for BELLS≥, the video for “No More Water” came together through a combination of mutual appreciation and friendship. “We have some very talented friends and are very fortunate to collaborate with them when we are able. This particular project presented itself at the perfect time”, explains guitarist Stephen Shodin. When director Michael Fodera approached the band, their response was immediate and affirmative.…
This beer pours with a very reddish-brown hue and a very small but persistent white head. The beer blends toasted malts with a slight hint of hops. Taken together, the introduction that one has with the 20” Brown will be a good one. As the beer warms up, a solid amount of sweetness will ensure that the beer is inviting without hitting too strongly on the malt, barley, or hop…
Heavy metal brewers TRIBUNE whom unleashed their latest author inspired concept album ‘Tales’ this past October via their indie label Corpse Corrosion Music are proud to announce their first show date of 2014 on January 4th in Vancouver, BC at the Funky Winkerbeans alongside Aeterna and Venocide. Show Info: NO BOLLOCKS PRESENTS Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/264825013671645/ Date: Saturday, January 4 Time: Doors 8pm – Show 9pm Venue: Funky Winkerbeans, 37 West Hastings Cost:…
For bands that still use traditional instruments and vintage recording modules, there aren’t many worth investigating in the city of New York anymore. But there is one band that’s consistent in their releases and never fails to impress- Shock Radar. Their newest: “The Purist” was recorded at various studios and is now up for digital download. Mixing an assortment of genres and above all, rocks as heavy as anything, “The…
PBS Distribution today announced it is releasing “LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: LIFE’S MILESTONES” on DVD. Renowned chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich continues her engaging cross-country journey of the United States to experience the exuberance of American culture through food in “LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: LIFE’S MILESTONES.” In this program, Lidia joins four families as they celebrate special rites of passages including a French-Cajun sweet-sixteen birthday party and country music debut in Nashville,…
After dropping the gritty “State Of Ecstasy Pt. 2” earlier this month, Well$ is back with the first official single off his upcoming MTYSD mixtape. The track, titled “Black Swan,” is a story Well$ based off a friend who is a stripper. He explains,”When people think about stripping they don’t think of it from the woman’s perspective. Some woman make the choice to do it, and that’s great for them, but this song is for the…
One person bands usually suffer because of their lack of discussion – this is not the case witrh Spencer Krug’s Sunset Rubdown. A key member of Wolf Parade, this iteration of Spencer’s music really looks back to seventies-era David Bowie for inspiration. The experimental nature of tracks like “Hope You Don’t Stoop To Dirty Words II” show someone that really does not care for the conventions of time signatures…
I know I have said this before, but can Spencer sound more like David Bowie? I mean, seriously, it is a good thing but when I look up I am expecting a creature with red hair and what I’ll probably see at a Sunset Rubdown concert is some hyper-emotive person in a sweater and dark pants. Everything on “Shut Up I Am Dreaming” is ultimately radio-friendly while still challenging that…
There is an organic sound to Sunset Rubdown that really gives the entirety of this EP a sound that can not be pinned down to any specific period of time. Further tracks, such as “Jason Believes Me…” seems to take equal apart from 60s pop-rock and “Major Tom”-era David Bowie. The activist drums present on this track do not allow the song to be that easily categorized, and really…
One thing that the material on this disc is clear to say is that this is not a split album in any way. This is a combination of Sunn0))) and Boris creating all of the music on this album. None of the tracks on “Altar” are short in the least, so the minds behind two of the most off the cuff “heavy” music bands are able to ramble and…
After a breakthrough year with media support from Huffington Post, Alternative Press, ReGen Magazine, FourCulture, among others, NYC-based organic electro band THE ADVERSARY are gearing up for another exciting year with the release of their new single “YOSHIMI”, a cover of the Flaming Lips classic. The song premiered on popular music site, Cover Me Songs earlier this month which can be found here, and the accompanying video first premiered on…
Reaching the height of cheesiness with the opening sound of a typewriter, Sunday Driver only really starts gaining my admiration on “Saboteur”, a track that mixes driving hair-band guitars with Stabbing Westward vocals. The only comment about this opening track is the teasing that Sunday Driver does with the drums, putting them out so that all can hear, but not allowing the drummer to do the Black Sabbath drum…
Ane Brun and Linnea Olsson’s live performance of Beyoncé’s “Halo” recently premiered on Rolling Stone’s website at http://rol.st/JaRM46 and can be streamed and shared on YouTube at http://youtu.be/6FWG4hIzQTo. A studio version of the cover also appears on Ane Brun’s new collection Rareties, out now on her own Balloon Ranger label. The singer is set to embark on a North American tour with Olsson, a cellist and singer who will support Brun as a featured musician. “I am very…
The debut EP from Seattle supergroup Dust Moth is set to drop on 3/25/13! This band features current & former members of These Arms Are Snakes, Minus The Bear, Aeges, XVIII Individual Eyes, Shift, and Undertow. With a lineage like that, you can bet the bank that this stuff is incredible! And it SOOOO is – get pumped! We’ll have a new track from the EP premiered soon, so keep…
It might just be the worst descriptor of any band that I’ve ever seen when Amazon says that The Sun is “neo-punk”. To give this Columbus act that label is to pigeonhole them into a wholly uninteresting genre and really denigrates their revolutionary accomplishments during “Blame It On The Youth”. This is not a plain album, nor is it a lightly-veiled advertisement masquerading as a movie (The Wall); it is…
Starting out “Bullet” with an acoustic and a style of vocals not unlike Jordan (from Against Me!) and Rise Against. The intensity and screamed-out vocals but the simultaneous striving for pop credibility are what put this band beyond so many others currently out on the scene. Very constant through the tracks, Jason’s voice would be benefited by some forays into slightly different inflections, but eir sheer intensity pushes the…
The piano that opens up “8 AM” is very emotional, and works perfectly in highlighting the vocals that ultimately take off after. The Summer Obsession have a single after thirty seconds in “8 AM”, and while the band is not coming forth with something that is cutting-edge and revolutionary, they still come out with a style that individuals can get behind. The multiple layers of vocals during “8 AM”…