Pretty much every local emorock band that came out since the release of Senses Fail’s EP has done a cover from the formers retinue, whether it be “187” (Silver in December, The Goodlife) or “Stephen” (Tripping Linda). It is simply not possible to overestimate their influence on the up and coming emo scene, and it is this fact that “Let It Enfold You” is an album that is tremendously important,…
Since the release of Audra Mae’s acclaimed debut album, The Happiest Lamb, on SideOneDummy Records in May of 2010, the Oklahoma-born singer/songwriter has undergone an exciting transformation. The most obvious change is the presence of her brand new band, aptly named The Almighty Sound. The Almighty Sound is a group of Audra’s close and talented friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano, drummer Kiel Fehercame,…
Semaphore “make” an album that is very slow in starting, and has tracks present during “Make” that really start over each time. Thus, when a track like “Childhood Revisited” ends, there is no presumption that Semaphore has already been through this same scheme time and time again in the past. While the compositions (especially during “Drone”) are fairly sedate, this is not to say that they are Spartanly arranged or…
WAYNE STATIC is delivering an early holiday present to his fans in the western US with a handful of live shows that begin December 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada and includes a performance at Denver’s premiere rock station KBPI-FM’s Mistletoe Jam on December 16. The dates are in support of his recently released debut solo album, PIGHAMMER. Pighammer is Static’s first solo album and is thematically based on his recent…
The remix of September Sun by Lumia is a perfect introduction to Kodomo, as it will immediately showcase the emotive force that are typically present in his recordings. I personally like the seemingly conflicting electronic feel and heaviness that is established here; Kodomo is incredibly talented at what he does. While listeners may be afraid of the track’s nearly six-minute run time, Lumia is arranged in such a way that…
In an exclusive premier, InvisibleOranges.com is now streaming the song “La Lame du Passé” from Forteresse’s forthcoming album, Crépuscule d’Octobre. To listen, visit this location. After exploring more atmospheric avenues, Forteresse returns to a more traditional and aggressive breed of Black Metal for its fourth album. Resounding as always with a firm “Québécois” identity and filled with the piercing leads and hypnotic riffs that have become the band’s trademark, Crépuscule…
Along with their partner in grime crime, King Fantastic and 3 Stripes give us their “Appreciation Remix” just in time for Bassgiving (Friday November 25 at Palm Springs Convention Center). They’re fattening us up with their wobble and bass adding an extra serving of synth heavy beats this season. The tune premiered exclusively on Interview Magazine earlier this week who says, “The hook is an intriguing one given the sonic…
Coming bursting out of the gates with a fire that rivals that of Fifteen or Brand New, Selfmademan inflicts their brutal, political vision of screamo on their audience. “Who Will Sing To This” spirals more and more out of control, with a barrage of different instruments coming into play. Slipping a little bit, Jay’s vocals and corresponding guitar work is needlessly plastic during “Listen Closely This Time”, with a breakdown…
“Edward Rogers’ Porcelain Hits Hard and Pure…his hardest-rocking effort so far, and not only is it his best, it’s also one of the best straight-up rock records of the last couple of years” — NY Music Daily “Without a doubt one of the most delightful surprises to land on the BLURT office stereo of late has been Porcelain by UK-born, NYC-based songwriter and classic pop maven Edward Rogers.” — Blurt…
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),…