The Global Elite, the debut album from Minneapolis industrial metal war machine SKROG, is now available on CD format. The album can be purchased at www.skrogband.com and is also available as a digital download at skrog.bandcamp.com. Check out this interview with SKROG mastermind Jay Reiter on Tragedy Axe. SKROG is the work of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Jay Reiter and The Global Elite is an explosive, damning account of the current state of…
Birds In Row have announced a string of dates in the UK this winter. Check out the dates below! Birds In Row are a melodic yet abrasive band from Laval, France. Blurring the lines between hardcore, punk, and related sub-genres, Birds In Row truly offer something of substantial emotional weight to their listeners. Collectively carrying somber hearts and poignant souls, they navigate through melancholic seas to shape beautifully hook-laden songs…
Who We Are, the sophomore effort from Rockford, Illinois’ Beyond Threshold is out now via the combined efforts of Goomba Music and Turkey Vulture Records. Expect nothing less than the finest in modern metal/hardcore. Who We Are can be found in stores and online retailers everywhere. Selections from the album have been posted at this location. BEYOND THRESHOLD Live: 11/17 – St. Louis, MO 11/23 – Urbana,…
Chart-topping recording artist Jason Gray released his first Christmas project earlier this year and is now scheduled to headline his first holiday tour. The Christmas Stories Tour will launch November 28th in Illinois and run through December 9th in Ohio. The ten-city tour will feature Gray performing with a full band spotlighting songs from Christmas Stories: Repeat The Sounding Joy, presenting a deeper story celebrating the birth of Christ, while…
Due to concerns about the impact of Hurricane Sandy, the Toro Y Moi album listening event in NY will be pushed back one week to the weekend of Nov. 9-11. It was announced last week that Toro Y Moi and Red Bull Music Academy will be teaming up this November to give fans the opportunity to hear his upcoming third album, Anything In Return, more than two months in advance of release…
VH1 Classic is remixing Halloween and making it what it really should be: “Wholloween,” a day of celebrating all things THE WHO related, including the U.S. television premiere of the 2012 The Who doc “Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me?” at 8 PM ET/PT. Kicking off The Who-fest at 12:30 PM ET/PT is the 1975 British film “Tommy” based on the 1969 rock opera of the same name. 3:00…
This week’s episode of Room 205 filmed during MFNW in Portland, OR, features an exclusive first performance of “More Alone”, the new track from Los Angeles-based Tropic of Cancer. Tomorrow, an alternate live version of the track will release as a split 7″ with HTRK on Ghostly International’s Part-Time Punks Radio Sessions series Tropic Of Cancer is the solo project of Camella Lobo. Though her music has been labeled gothic,…
Renegade English soul-rockers The Heavy are pleased to announce the release of the new music video for their track, “Can’t Play Dead.” Featured on the band’s acclaimed new full-length album, The Glorious Dead (Counter Records) and out just in time for Halloween, the horror-film atmospherics of “Can’t Play Dead” follow the band’s previous single, “What Makes A Good Man?” – a blaring soul stomper that was recently performed on numerous…
Goldroom is back with a remix of Atlas Genius’ “Back Seat.” Among worldwide live dates he has laid his trademark synth sound to this track, which you can stream/download below. Be sure to check out Goldroom live on tour in Australia in November if you are an Aussie fan. Atlas Genius – Back Seat (Goldroom Remix) http://soundcloud.com/goldroom/atlas-genius-back-seat-1 Catch Goldroom on tour in the South Pacific: November 2 – Melbourne –…
In hip-hop, as in life, there are few things more important than family. And no one embodies the bonds of brotherhood better than The Lytics, the five-man Winnipeg crew whose bid for genre supremacy has long been a family affair. Quite literally, in fact: Brothers Andrew and Anthony Sannie have been trading rhymes together since childhood — as has cousin Mungala Londe, who moved in with the family as a…
Rock band Ill Nino has released a brand new music video for their single “La Epidemia.” The song is featured on the band’s just released sixth album Epidemia. The video was filmed in Milwaukee, WI at The Rave, and features a guest appearance from Emmure vocalist Frankie Palmeri. Video | “La Epidemia” La Epidemia” showcases Ill Nino’s power, energy and determination to spread their madness throughout the world. …
Multi-instrumentalist Gregory Rogove (drums for Devendra Banhart and Unknown Mortal Orchestra) gave us the beautiful instrumental piano album, Piana, earlier this year and just released this short film for “Anima”. It’s exceptionally pretty and dabbles between consciousness and the surreal. Directed by Andrew Wilding and George Augusto: More info here: http://www.gregoryrogove.com/yobananaboy/piana.html http://www.knittingfactoryrecords.com/artists/gregory-rogove/
There are a number of different websites out that promise to sell you pianos at a low price. However, a great many of these websites simply cannot provide the prices or the sheer amount of stock as the Used Yamaha Pianos store. One quick visit to the website and a visitor will be greeted with a tremendous amount of options. If you need the piano dropped off, they have that…
Australian alternative rock group Monks of Mellonwah have announced that they will be travelling to the U.S.A for a 2nd time to perform at the 2012 Los Angeles Music Awards, (where the band has received 3 award nominations including ‘Best International Artist’), tour the California and New York regions, and record some new tracks that will feature in their up and coming debut album. The Monks have had a whirlwind…
All Out War is the initial track on Showdown, and it captures in 150 seconds the sheer magnitude of where the band will take listeners through the album. Happy is given an additional minute over this beginning cut, and it is this additional time that allows the instrumental side of Royal guard to shine vis-à-vis the inimitable vocals. Yesterday immediately follows the band’s introduction and is vital in establishing…
The MAX Muscle Plan is a title that anyone that is looking to pack on muscle should read. The title, written by Brad Schoenfeld, is crafted in such a way that even those that are looking to become healthier will be able to follow. For those that have been on various other plans and are more experienced, Schoenfeld’s MAX Muscle Plan will eke out gains that one thought impossible.…
/ 2012 Self / 10 Tracks / http://www.garyleewingard.com Seems To Be Raining is a complex and dense track that soars on the interaction between instrumental and vocal sides. There are hints of rock, country, and even John Denver-esque pop that is present during this track. Wingard is able to establish a very contemporary type of sound that is imbued with a wide array of influences and styles. I Really Love…
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It is amazing that “Start A War” starts off without any introduction; to use the metaphor, this is as if the U.S. just started bombing a country without any provocation (hrmmm….). “I’m The One” steps back from that precipice to have a more brutal (instead of breakneck-fast) sound; the spastic drums that are present during the track are perhaps the high point of what is a fairly chaotic track.…
A Static Lullaby’s self-entitled album is one of the more mainstream works I have reviewed. The screaming is well done; I don’t lose any lyrical value and don’t feel overpowered by it. The singer shows some serious range, control, and skill. The drums are powerful, with impressive fills and a decent amount of presence. The vocalist and screamer paired together make any song a thousand times better. I love…