“Anonymous” starts off a pretty catchy CD, where there are middle-of-the-way guitar lines with Jimmy Eat World and “Sing the Silence”-era AFI style vocals. Sleep Comes Down is actually not afraid to let the bassist take the spotlight, in that there are audible bass lines that sound not unlike the legendary Geddy Lee’s. While some of the guitar lines do not stray much from one style, one level of…
The Daydreamers are an act that attempt to forge their own bold path in music. With Your Love is their new effort, and each of the efforts on this release are integral for understanding the act. Antarctica starts off things; the pop meets rock sound of the track allows listeners to get on board. As listeners become familiar with the work of The Daydreamers, the act’s efforts begin to stretch…
The opening of Sleepaway’s self-titled album may not be the most hard-rocking thing individuals have ever heard, but the one thing that is pure delight is the skill in which they construct a track. The dreamy vocals mix with a tambourine and a very-present bass to make something that works both in the current emo context but also in a mid-nineties alternative context. The band works best in this…
This one’s for the vinyl collectors out there: The 2nd pressing of MUNICIPAL WASTE’s latest album, The Fatal Feast, is now available on green vinyl and includes a fold-out poster of the cannibalistic album art. Order it from Nuclear Blast USA’s Webshop before they’re all gone! MUNICIPAL WASTE continue to wreck havoc on North American audiences on their current headlining tour with 3 Inches Of Blood & openers Black…
“Take a deep breath ’cause it all starts now when you pull the fuckin’ pin.” The opening line of Slayer’s new record Christ Illusion let you know that they haven’t lost any of their intensity some 25 years after first forming. Slayer’s first album since 2001’s God Hates Us All, and also first album with original drummer Dave Lombardo since 1990’s Seasons in the Abyss, shows that Slayer is…
Regularly adorning the stage with lamb bones and decaying rats, Indiana black metal miscreants PTAHIL are known for their moody, violent and lawless exercises in live musical mayhem. At a recent ceremony at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne, their onstage chaos led one fan to bite the head of a decomposed rodent. Comments PTAHIL drummer, Mhaghnuis: “It is good to see that when a human being is bombarded with…
New-rock in the form of The Strokes and The Hives that does not use clichéd guitar lines and arrangements lifted off the Rolling Stones to maintain relevancy, The Slats seem honest and hard working. They are able to create compelling, well-arranged and well-mastered tracks that do not seem insincere in the least. For example, “The Diabetic Coma” simultaneously mixes The Ramones and Weezer, allowing for a seamless move through genres.…
Baltimore-based hellion Phoebe Jean Dunne, a one girl band with an army of sound, released her debut album Heartbreakers this week via the French label Lentonia Records distributed in the US by Nail Distribution. The album is streaming now at AOL’s Spinner site and the video for lead single “Day Is Gone” (featuring the Shake Off Twinz who have also been seen with M.I.A. and Rye Rye) was recently posted…
The Raveonettes Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner are excited to announce the release of their new album “Observator,” out September 11th on Vice Records. Throughout their impressive career the Danish duo has explored sonic territories ranging from lush pop songs to reverb drenched soundscapes and continually celebrated life through songwriting. All of these forms are evident in “Observator,” sumptuous and beautiful in its sound, but bleak and sad at…
Propellerhead today released new versions of their award-winning music making platform: Reason 6.5 and Reason Essentials 1.5. New in these versions is the introduction of Rack Extensions—a groundbreaking new technology from Propellerhead that opens up the rack to third parties, enabling developers to create their own instruments and effects for Reason and allowing users to expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want. Propellerhead…
Following up on the announcement of Sarah McLachlan’s special symphony orchestra tour this summer, Ms. McLachlan is pleased to reveal the addition of Whitehorse to her summer tour. Whitehorse is comprised of longtime friends Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet. “It’s a real pleasure to have Luke and Melissa as part of my touring band. Luke and Melissa will each feature a song in the second set” says McLachlan. Doucet…
Victoria Bergsman has announced a new album for her main creative outlet, Taken By Trees. The LP, her first since 2009’s East of Eden, is called Other Worlds and will be released October 2 on Secretly Canadian. The trailer for the album is available today at Gorilla Vs. Bear. Watch the trailer for Other Worlds Other Worlds is a impressionist poem for the Hawaiian Islands, where on a recent visit,…
Mute are delighted to announce a special collaboration with Raster-Noton: the release of Diamond Version’s Technology At The Speed Of Life/ Empowering Change on 23 July, the first of a sequence of five 12″ EPs throughout 2012, culminating in an album in 2013. Diamond Version is a collaborative project between two of the most groundbreaking, experimental and forward thinking creators in modern music, Byetone and Alva Noto. As joint heads of the German-based label Raster-Noton, and…
Having received critical praise for his debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind, Kindness releases the robustly romantic ‘House‘ on June 18th, a new single backed with a selection of unheard mixes from friends and collaborators who worked on his debut LP. Stream the ‘House’ EP in its entirety HERE ‘House’ EP Tracklist: 1) House 2) SEOD (Zdar Dub) 3) Swingin’ Party (Drumless) 4) Gee Up (Erol Alkans…
Who are you and how long have you been active? sMALLTIME is: Danny Van – Lead Vocal and Rhythm Guitar Kenny Goorabian – Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals Steve Clayton – Bass guitar and backing vocals Dusty Slaybaugh – Drums We’ve been together about 2 years What’s your recording setup? How does a track move from initial thought to finished effort? Well this project we recorded in a old church…
“Learn Me Right” – an original song featuring British-born singer and songwriter Birdy, will be featured on the upcoming soundtrack to the animated Disney*Pixar film Brave, which will be released by Walt Disney Records on June 19th. The track was written, arranged, and produced by Grammy-nominated British folk-rock group Mumford & Sons. “We liked the idea of having a girl like Birdy sing,” says the group’s leader Marcus Mumford.…
Boston’s debutantes of decadent death groove SEXCREMENT, fresh off the release of their new album Sloppy Seconds, have unleashed another track of hedonistic heaviness on their Facebook & brand new ReverbNation pages. “Heels Up” is a song chock full of the band’s signature mix of pummeling extreme metal soaked in perversity sure to make you bob your head up and down with alarming urgency. The tune is the second…
Listen To and Download “Act of Truth” Here! Tour Dates 6/23 – Inciting HQ – Philadelphia, PA 6/24 – Gansevoort Park – New York, NY (DJ Set @ 5:30PM) 6/29 – T.T.’s The Bears – Boston, MA 6/30 – Paperbox – Brooklyn, NY (Split 7″ Release Party) 7/20 – South Park Tavern – Dayton, OH 7/21 – Big Day In Festival 2 – Columbus, OH 7/27 – Big Snow Buffalo…
Having recently announced his forthcoming album, America, out August 28th (North America) / August 27th (Rest of the world) on Domino, Dan Deacon is set to head out on a major headlining North American tour this autumn, performing with his streamlined ensemble of two drummers — Jeremy Hyman of Boredoms, Ponytail; Kevin O’Meara of Videohippos — with America producer Chester Endersby Gwazda joining Dan on electronics. Dan Deacon shows are…
Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the July 24 simultaneous release on DVD and Blu-ray of Secret World Live from Peter Gabriel. This version has been fully restored and remastered from the original film and features many of Peter Gabriel’s hits including “Steam”, “Sledgehammer”, “Don’t Give Up”, “In Your Eyes”, “Digging In The Dirt”, “Shaking The Tree” and “Solsbury Hill”. [Pre-book Order Date June 29, MSRP $14.98 for DVD,…