Jack Blades was in Night Ranger and Damn Yankees. Tommy Shaw was in Styx. Together they are Shaw-Blades, and they don’t play anything original on this album. Tracks confront listeners from acts like Seals & Crofts, Paul Simon, and the Mamas and the Papas. From these two individuals, who created some of the harder rock and hair metal of the seventies, eighties, and nineties, to hear a song like “Summer…
Last month, French black metal enigmas GLORIOR BELLI made their first ever North American appearance at Montreal’s Messe des Morts festival. The ceremony took place at Coop Katacombes on November 25 and 26 and included live rituals from some of black metal’s most esteemed creators. Commented vocalist/guitarist Julien of the experience: “Thanks to [fest organizer] Martin [Marcotte; Sepulchral Productions] and the rest of the crew, we had the chance to…
Chillerama is a comedic send-off of Troma and fifties/sixties movies; there are five distinct storylines that are occurring during the space of this film. Each one of these films is a short-form flick that takes on a different side of the z-movie genre, all to varying degrees of success. A who’s who of current directors try their hand at these different styles, including Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs), Adam Rifkin (Detroit…
It seems that there has been a dearth of interactive dance sims that do not only focus on pop or dance tracks. Country Dance and Country Dance 2, this year’s sequel, look to fix this problem. To ensure that the game’s different moves are captured correctly, one just has to move around the Wii Remote. The inclusion of the duet dancing mode is perhaps the best addition – the choreography…
Christmas Angel is a film that showcases exactly how problematic an individual’s daily life can be. With everything going wrong to a degree, Ashley (Kari Hawker) gets a major dash to eir day when ey realizes that the job that ey applied for has already been filled. Nick (Bruce Davison) is Ashley’s neighbor, and has dedicated eir life to providing warmth and happiness to everyone that ey meets. The two…
There is a considerable amount of difference between the different gloves on the market. While it is true that some of winter’s chill can be blocked by a pair of cheap gloves, there is so much more provided by Isotoner’s Metis gloves. The skin-tight style of the glove removes any space for a chill to get in, while the silk / leather combination of the gloves ensure no removal of…
Combine a love for the blues with a bottle of funk, and a heaping helping of old fashioned rock and roll and you’ve got the sound of The Few. Often compared to such bands as The Black Keys or Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Few lay down riffs that hearken back to the days when Led Zeppelin was king. When deciding which tracks to include on Headstock, The Few…
WarpedTour.com announced today that Bridge Nine’s very own POLAR BEAR CLUB will be out on the punk rock summer camp in 2012, along with Every Time I Die, Bayside, Memphis May Fire and many others. Dates are listed below and venues will be announced soon! Polar Bear Club recently wrapped a UK tour with Rise Against and Tom Morello & The Nightwatchmen last month, and released their latest album, Clash…
The All-American Rejects just unveiled their official new album title with a preview video for Kids In The Street, the band’s upcoming fourth studio album coming Spring 2012. The nostalgic clip follows up a series of short videos the band has been posting about the theme of the album. In conjunction with the title reveal, the band also launched a new site, Burnbothends.tumblr.com, for fans to submit their own ‘Kids…
Before the winter season truly started, Cumulus Entertainment had their Winter Warmup at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, Ohio. Tickets were $20 the night of show, and $15 if one was lucky enough to pick up a pre-sale. The show ended up being sold out, and the turnout there was intense. All together, the quality of performers, the overall sound and light package, and the good demeanor of all attending…
Last month, Seventh Day Slumber released their eighth studio album The Anthem of Angels to much acclaim along with their successful “Small Town America Tour.” The album debuted at the iTunes Top Christian Albums chart at No. 4. In addition the Rock single, “Never Too Far Gone” is currently in the Top 20. Since 2005 when Seventh Day Slumber signed to BEC Recordings, they have not only found chart success…
It’s cliché in 2011 to reference Rocky when talking about a movie that centers around fighting. But you’d have to go all the way back to that 1976 Oscar winning film to find a movie about guys pummeling each other that had just as solid a back story, brilliant acting and as much emotional impact as Warrior. Though it got little notice, aside from some solid critical praise when it…
After a sold-out US tour this past month, The Kooks are thrilled to announce their return to North America in 2012 as special guests of Foster The People. Tickets on-sale this Friday, December 16th. Their latest Astralwerks release, Junk of the Heart was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, Belle & Sebastian), and recorded in The Sound Factory (Los Angeles) and Sarm Studios (London). The band’s third album sees The…
Grammy Award winning producer/DJ Sharam returns with his new single “Our Love;” released on the world renowned Yoshitoshi Recordings. Nearly two years in the making, “Our Love” is a fantastic return for a producer known for making pure magic when uniting a storming instrumental dance track with the perfect vocals. The voice of “Our Love” comes from Iranian-American singer/songwriter Anousheh Khalili who’s best known for her appearance on Deep Dish’s…
Due to overwhelming demand, multi-platinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers just announced a second LA show will be added to their I’m With You World Tour. Tickets for the February 26th and just announced February 27th show at STAPLES Center show go on sale on Friday, December 16th at 10am. The 2012 arena tour will be the band’s first full-scale tour of the U.S. since 2007 when they hit…
Imperial Teen have returned to the active column with Feel the Sound, their strongest release yet. Gold medal-caliber relay racing is one metaphor for the group’s approach to making Feel the Sound. Recording in bursts between busy stretches of daily life, Imperial Teen would take leave of songs and come back to them, bringing new perspectives and approaches to each incarnation; the result is an intuitive command and confidence so…
The SnowBall Music Festival will return to Nottingham Park in Avon, CO, March 2–4, 2012, for a second year of supreme music and mountain sports. Tickets for the event are on sale now on the newly re-designed SnowBall website. The festival is announcing two bands a day for the 2012 lineup on their Facebook page, click here to check it out. TV on the Radio, Rusko, Head and the Heart,…
East Coast indie rock duo Slingshot Dakota will release their next record on Topshelf Records. The album will be recorded this winter and released in spring 2012. Slingshot Dakota is broken piano keys, splintered drumsticks, blood, sweat, beautiful vocals, and crazy faces. They write songs about celebrating love (lost and found) and dreams (chased and lived). Influenced by multiple styles of music they were exposed to growing up in the…
1/19 – Glasslands – Brooklyn, NY 1/20 – Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA 1/21 – Mercury Lounge – NY, NY 1/22 – Great Scott – Allston, MA 1/23 – La Sala Rosa – Montreal, QC 1/24 – Wrong Bar – Toronto, ON 1/25 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL 1/26 – Electric Owl – Vancouver, BC 1/27 – Neumos – Seattle, WA 1/28 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, WA 1/30…
Recent Southern Lord Records signees, face-ripping power trio LOINCLOTH, today unleash another brand new track, “Theme,” via indie heavyweight Cvlt Nation. Borrowed from the band’s upcoming full-length, Iron Balls of Steel, while in actuality the track is only two-and-a-half minutes in length, the band jam a barrage of well-sequenced tech-riffage and pummeling percussion into the track, yielding an entire EP’s worth of damage in the one tune alone. Check out…