Sedalia play the same style of very calm, acoustic-led rock that has dominated the styles of acts like Devendra Banhart and Vetiver. This is essentially the lowest of the lo-fi, where it sounds as if a microphone was placed into the recording room and the band huddled around it. This does not mean that the band is lacking in any meaningful way with talent, but just that there is not…
Prog-rock pioneers Rush have just unveiled a new clip that features an animated unveiling of their soon to be released Sectors box sets, which will be released on November 21st, 2011. The three six-disc box box sets span the band’s entire historic Mercury Records recording career. Each “Sector” or box set, contains five of their 15 Mercury albums in chronological order, all transferred to high resolution 96kHz/24-bit audio and digitally…
“T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)” is the debut single from The Black Eyed Peas founder and frontman’s new solo album, #willpower, which will be released next year on Interscope. A video for the song, directed by Rich Lee and shot in Los Angeles and London, will be released later this month. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, will.i.am is known not only for his work with The Black Eyed Peas, who have sold…
Grammy-winning musician/actor/singer/songwriter/ producer Jimmy Cliff will release his first studio effort in seven years on Collective Sounds on November 29th. Entitled Sacred Fire EP, it was produced by Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid, The Transplants). Featuring a combination of originals and covers, Sacred Fire EP will serve as a pre-cursor to a new full-length album in early 2012. In conjunction with Record Store Day, on 11/25 (Black Friday), fans can…
The iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter SLASH has released his first-ever live solo album MADE IN STOKE 24/7/11. This summer, near the end of his 2010-2011 tour in support of his globally chart topping and critically acclaimed self-titled solo debut, SLASH returned to Stoke on Trent, England, where he was raised to record MADE IN STOKE 24/7/11. The double-disc CD, and a special-edition 2 CD+DVD package (featuring five bonus…
Two-time Grammy winner Scott Weiland just debuted his new, retro-inspired video for “Winter Wonderland,” which finds him channeling the signature sound that Bing Crosby brought to the song nearly 50 years ago. The song is the first release from his new Christmas album The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. The inception of the album began two years ago when Weiland first performed “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” on…
German-/Italian melodic-metallers LOVE.MIGHT.KILL released their second video-clip “Down To Nowhere”. The track is taken from their highly acclaimed debut-album “Brace For Impact” which was released in Europe through Massacre Records this year. LOVE.MIGHT.KILLs first single “Pretty little mess” featured the very melodic side of the band while “Down to nowhere” is a heavy-uptempo-rocker. Here are the links: www.youtube.com/massacrerecords or www.massacre-records.com “Brace For Impact” was released in Japan through Hydrant Music/EMI…
United Guttural is proud to announce the signing of Bulgarian death metal act ENTHRALLMENT. The band will finish their newest album entitled People From The Lands Of Vit late 2011, which is scheduled for release early 2012. ENTHRALLMENT’s music can be described as brutal yet technical, early 90’s era death metal. All instruments play a major role in the formation of every intense song. The string section is totally heavy…
RED FANG has announced a handful of headlining dates following their North American tour with Mastodon and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Notorious for hilarious videos, RED FANG has also announced the recent completion of a clip for Murder The Mountains track “Hank Is Dead.” The video was directed by Whitey McConnaughy (The Gossip, Mudhoney, Flogging Molly) in the band’s hometown, Portland, OR. RED FANG has previously worked with McConnaughy on…
The opening of “Ten Silver Drops” coalesces the last forty years in rock music to create something that authoritatively speaks to all who listen to music. This is not just rock music, but taps on a number of different styles while doing so. This means, during a song like “Alone, Jealous, and Stoned”, segments of the track come forth in a very indie rock style, but the vocals soon after…
Given that David Mead recorded Dudes as a communal effort, it’s not surprising that it’s populated by character portraits, examinations and stories of, well, mostly dudes. There are spunky retirees, a CIA recruit, a befuddled lover, an armed lackwit, and on the title track – an homage to the best guy friends of all – dudes themselves. Mead, known for his wicked wit and “honeyed and compelling vocal” (Entertainment Weekly),…
Ocala, FL’s We Are Defiance are putting final touches on their new single which Tragic Hero Records will release in early January 2012. Song title and release date will be revealed soon. To hear the new song before it’s released, be sure to catch the band on the road as they headline the Bring Your Scarf and Jacket Tour with support from My Ticket Home and Wolves Among Men. The…
I must admit; after Clerks 2, I had not watched any of Kevin Smith’s films. I loved the View Askew universe, and I believe that my expectations of eir work as a filmmaker would mar any further titles that ey did. We were lucky enough to receive a copy of Red State from Lionsgate, and I believe after watching it that this represents Smith’s strongest film to date. The film…
This is the Blu-Ray version of the August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall performance that was released in August of this year. Key tracks on this recording include Round Here, Mr. Jones, Rain King, and A Murder of One. The Counting Crows pull out a number of less-remembered songs with this recording, which add a slightly different context to the larger hits than would normally be present. For…
Columbia Records/Nickelodeon announced today that Big Time Rush will be hitting the road beginning late February 2012 for the “Better With U Tour.” Fans will be able to see the music and TV sensations, on hiatus from their hit series, as they embark on their first-ever headlining multi-city concert tour performing new songs in support of their album, Elevate, out Nov. 21. Big Time Rush will begin their electrifying tour…
Modular Recordings is proud to announce the newest addition to the family: YOUNG DREAMS. The Norwegian collective, headed up by composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Matias Tellez, gained notice in November 2010, after three songs they uploaded to their Facebook page were picked up on by international music press. Festival appearances followed (By:Larm, Hove Festival, Camden Crawl), and a beautifully shot, faintly unsettling video by Scandinavian director Kristoffer Borgli, which helped cement the band…
This documentary has an extraordinary premise – taking the problems in the world in one’s own hands – and showing exactly what can happen if an individual puts their mind to it. This documentary is hosted by former Last Comic Standing star Iliza Shlesinger , which does a tremendous job to make the feature that much more relevant. Trying to get a younger set interested in anything is a Sisyphean…
Sleepy Sun are pleased to announce their recent signging to The End Records (Art Brut, Danzig, Juliette Lewis, The Charlatans) for North America. The band will remain with ATP Records in the UK & Europe. This December they are heading into the studio at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, CA to record their third studio album. They will be working with Dave Catching ( Eagles of Death Metal…
There is a focus on Generator Rex: Agent of Providence for the younger set. However, I believe that the game has more than enough legs for all fans of video games, and that the experience present on Generator Rex: Agent of Providence is sufficiently fun to merit the game’s cost at retail (39.99). This is largely due to the different skills that players will be able to utilize as Rex,…
Bad Weather California’s new LP Sunkissed, is their 2nd full length album and debut for Akron/Family’s Family Tree Records label. The album was recorded in Detroit at the home studio of engineer Chris Koltay, produced by A/F guitarist/singer Seth Olinsky. Sunkissed is being released by Family Tree February 21, 2012. Sunkissed is like a 65 Impala convertible driving down the road where the Minutemen, Meat Puppets and early Flaming Lips…