Empire Trashed is a track that provides a tremendously interesting atmosphere to listeners. The use of electric and organic sides during this track create a haunting effort that takes on hints of Enigma, Enya, and Massive Attack. The track possesses a number of distinct movements; Drop Electric are able to unite these into one cohesive track. The drum track that kicks towards the bottom of this track adds just enough…
Everything What We Recorded is one of the rare breed of EPs that provide listeners with a solid sense the band’s influences and repertoire. Hammer & Nails is the first track on this EP, and it brings a catchy melody to the fore. The band works together in an incredibly tight fashion, with the vocals, drums, and guitars uniting to make for something that is decidedly greater than the sum…
Night Owl is a hot track; the effort will have listeners singing along after the first spin. Where many have likely heard this track by Ames, I feel that it only provides a small snippet to the mythos that is Ames. The rest of the tracks on Night Owl showcase a performer that is constantly changing and pushing each track to its logical extension. Taken together, Night Owl is one…
In addition to their North American headline tour scheduled to begin this October, Savannah, Georgia’s BLACK TUSK will be hitting the road serving as direct support to label mates Red Fang. This run will kick off October 26th in Sacramento, CA and run through November 21st in Boise, ID. The band cannot wait to hit the road with Red Fang again: “This tour did great over in Europe, can’t wait…
Electric Medication shows Vulture Kult as a no-frills rock band. The jangly guitars meet with perfectly punctual drums to craft a track that will immediately tattoo itself into the minds of listeners. Vultures From Above open up with intrepid guitars, to which the drums fresh out the overall beast. No vocals are needed for the first thirty seconds of the track, a tactic that allows listeners to hear the unparalleled…
Nearly two months ago, hip-hop’s favorite quirky uncle, Kool Keith, hinted that he would be stepping away from the rap arena, that he was hanging up the MC gloves, or as he so poignantly put it, going home to the bat cave to take his cape off. This announcement accompanied the release of Love & Danger, the 13th album of Keith’s illustrious career, which, just announced by Keith’s label Junkadelic…
“I thought it would be funny to have a little girl with my voice. Plus, it shows that sometimes mean things can come in pretty packages. You just never can tell.” The Reverend Peyton says about his bands new “Omen-esque” video for his bands lead single “Devils Look Like Angels.” Directed by Kevin Custer (The Gaslight Anthem, Hatebreed, Lil Wayne) and shot in Bloomington, IN, the bands 8 year old…
Los Angeles-based quartet Leftover Cuties is smiling big after their song was chosen to be a part of the Summer Olympic Games. The band’s cheerful tune “Smile Big” debuted in a Samsung Galaxy S III commercial during the Opening Ceremony on July 27th, and will continue airing throughout the games. “We are thrilled that our song was chosen for this unique ad and honored that it is airing during such…
The average cost of pianos is incredibly large. This means that to purchase the best ones, one will likely have to shell out a few thousands dollars. Multiply that by ten if you are looking for those like The Who, Michael Buble, or Tori Amos use. The price that one has to pay for pianos is even larger when one moves to a place like San Francisco, which has an…
– After stealing the national spotlight on the first season of NBC’s The Voice as a Top Four Finalist, Frenchie Davis will soon release her new single “Love’s Got a Hold On Me” produced by rising star Marco Borrero on Sept. 4, 2012. Today, Davis unveils two components shaping her anticipated debut “Just Frenchie” LP. First, her single cover artwork and secondly an inspiring vlog that guides viewers through her…
DOWNSPIRIT, the heavy rock band formed by ex-SYMPHORCE/ex-FREEDOM CALL guitarist Cedric “Cede” Dupont will be releasing their new album Bulletproof? in North America on August 14th. The album is available for pre-order on AMAZON. The band based in Stuttgart, Germany blends old blues roots with a modern, down tuned guitar-feel, their songs are a mixture of typical bluesy 80’s hard rock and a contemporary metal sound, which also includes some…
Songwriter Micah Sheveloff has released a collection of piano-based songs called Exhibitionist that will become available on August 27, 2012. Exhibitionist is an honest record. The writing is uninhibited; the players played, the singers stepped up to the mic and sung the songs. Recorded to 2-inch tape at New Haven’s Firehouse 12 using a 9-foot concert Steinway and a vintage Hammond B3, Exhibitionist is meant to be an intimate experience. “I really passionately wanted to…
Everyone’s favorite romantic comedy is celebrating 10 years of marital bliss by coming to Blu-ray with HBO Select for the first time ever! Hitting retail just in time for the holidays on November 13, 2012, My Big Fat Greek Wedding: 10th Anniversary Special Edition features a new retrospective with co-stars, Nia Vardalos and John Corbett along with never-before-seen deleted scenes. Final product is not yet available for this release. We will email…
Dave Matthews Band will celebrate the release of its forthcoming album, Away From The World, with a performance at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA on Wednesday, September 12.Every ticket purchased online for the Hollywood Bowl show will receive a digital download of Away From The World (standard album) on the September 11, 2012 release date.The new albumwas recorded with Steve Lillywhite, who produced Dave Matthews Band’s first three studio records. An online presale for the Hollywood…
Memphis rockers Surrender The Fall are hitting the road supporting My Darkest Days this fall, kicking things off in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a WGRD Low Dough Show. The band will be showcasing tunes from their forthcoming full length debut, entitled Burn In The Spotlight to be released via Rum Bum Records on September 18th. Containing 12 tracks of straight up in your face anthemic rock, frontmanJared Cole’s take on the band and album is: “We weren’t playing around with…
The world of deadmau5—the world-renowned electronic artist—is always fast and furious. He recently overhauled his studio in hisTorontohometown and following his full-scaleEuropean tour this past spring, he locked himself in and went on a creative spree to finish > album title goes here <, his new album due out September 25 (Ultra Music). Following his performance with the Foo Fighters at the Grammy Awards earlier this year showcasing his stellar remix of the group’s “Rope,” deadmau5 continues his collaborations…
T HE COMPANY BAND‘s new EP Pros & Cons charted this week on three of Billboard’s Charts. Pros & Cons came in at #25 on the Heatseeker Chart, #52 on the Hard Rock Chart and #116 on the Independent Chart. In addition to cracking the Billboard Charts, THE COMPANY BAND is continuing to explode on the radio scene. The album has reached #14 on the CMJ Loud Rock Chart, which is unheard of for an EP. …
Buzzworthy French-American psych rockers BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA have signed with NYC’s Tee Pee Records. Formed in 2008 in Paris, France, BLAAK HEAT SHUJAA promptly established themsleves as the ‘young Turks’ of European heavy psychedelia and boast a cinematic sound that has been called “Heavy Spaghedelia” and “Kyussian”, featuring “psychedelic, meditative, trance-inducing” and “spacey atmospheres”. Now based in Los Angeles, the trio’s highly anticipated second album — a clamorous combination of neo-psychedelia, heavy rock and spaghetti rock — will…
“This was something I came up with as a concept to say just be yourself. I wanted to confront stereotypes and really make people feel uncomfortable in a way – as many feel about me doing me. It’s a statement on individuality and being comfortable with who you are as a person, enough to show yourself to the world regardless of what people think about you.” – 5ive Star VIDEO: 5ive Star…
Johnnie Bassett, the celebrated Detroit blues guitarist and vocalist, died from complications of liver cancer on Saturday, August 4 at Saint John Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He was 76 years old. Gretchen Valade, owner of Mack Avenue Records, reflects, “Johnnie Bassett was a wonderful musician and a good friend. Whenever I walked into a room where he was playing, he would start singing ‘Georgia,’ my all time favorite. He was…