It has been years in the pipeline, so much so that I was beginning to think it would never see the light of day, but we can thankful that Aurora Borealis will finally release Grumbling Fur’s Furrier this August. Here is some more information about it… Borne form a day long improvisation in deep dark south London… A smattering of Fins and Englishmen chatter, chant and chime as rail lines…
Las Vegas pop-punks LAST CALL have announced plans for a hometown record release show at The Knight Hall on August 5. A special in-store acoustic performance is confirmed for release day, August 2nd, at Las Vegas’ Zia Records. The band then kicks off a summer tour with San Bernardino, CA’s Forever Came Calling on August 6th at the Cobalt Cafe in Canoga Park, CA. The follow-up to LAST CALL’s 2010…
I understand that there are rums on the market that will set one back a pretty penny, but I find that most of the selection that is present at a local liquor store is limited to the under-$50 bracket. It becomes much more of a chore to figure out which of these rums are worth trying, and when it makes more sense to just go cheap. We were able to…
Mexican pop group REIK has many things to celebrate this week with the release of their new album “Peligro” which debuted at # 3 on the US sales charts and continues to be between the most sold albums in iTunes since its release last Tuesday, July 5th. In Mexico, the album debuted at # 1 in iTunes and this week, both the album and the single “Peligro” stayed at #…
Jonathan Edwards has been creating music for a period of time longer than a great many listeners have been alive. Eir career gradually got larger during eir stint in Sugar Creek, while many casual listeners may be familiar with Edwards’ music through “Sunshine”. “My Love Will Keep” is the first album that Edwards has released for over 12 years, and represents further maturation and evolution of the music that ey…
AUG. 5 EDMONTON, ALB EDMONTON FOLK FESTIVAL AUG. 7 CHICAGO, IL LOLLAPALOOZA (Grove Stage – 4:30pm set) AUG. 8 IOWA CITY, IA BLUE MOOSE TAP HOUSE AUG. 18 ALESUND, NO JUGENDFEST AUG. 19 BODO, NO PARKEN FESTIVAL AUG. 20 TRONDHEIM, NO PSTEREO FESTIVAL AUG. 21 BERGEN, NO PEER GYNT SEPT. 22 SAN FRANCISCO, CA CONCERT OF THE YEAR (Red Devil Lounge – Town School for Boys benefit)
With the sheer amount of different sleep aids on the market, it becomes hard to find the best one. Where natural sleep aids typically collect the same types of herbs, they do bundle them differently and in different amounts. The efficacy of these different supplements does vary, despite each of the herbs that they contain having some noticeable effect on ensuring that individuals go to sleep. Of these different sleep…
The War On Drugs’ Slave Ambient is out August 16 on Secretly Canadian. Following the release of the instant classic, “Baby Missiles,” we now share with you album centerpiece “Come to the City,” where Adam Granduciel takes things next level. “All roads lead to me/I’ve been moving/I’ve been drifting,” Granduciel howls and moans over its constant beat, and his epic phased Firebird guitars. It’s a modern American outsider miracle; a…
Sep 08 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre Sep 10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Festival – City Plaza Stage Dec 01 London, UK Scala Dec 02 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Jeff Mangum Watch “Learned to Surf” on Vimeo. – http://vimeo.com/26385054
It’s far from uncommon for an artist to pay homage to their hometown, and Dustin Prestige does just that with his new single “Mo. City Rock.” The song, produced by Chris Rockaway, is from his latest project The Kelly & Jessie EP and he portrays the end result of a kid (himself) who grew up on “both sides of the fence” in Houston, Texas and the influence that it has…
Singer/songwriter Ariana Delawari just debuted her liberating new video for “Be Gone Taliban” on IFC.com this week Directed by Delawari herself, the video served to be both a fantasy and allegory for the plight of women under the radical Islamist group’s oppressive belief system. “When we recorded this song I imagined it as a modern ballet.,” Delawari said, “I wanted the video to celebrate everything the Taliban has attempted to…
Peace is an interesting concept. Despite being a nation that prides itself on peace, the United States has gotten in to a tremendous amount of war. The idea of peace is something that is poorly defined; this is why the Perpetual Peace Project has gotten together to create this DVD. By trying to tease out what peace means, both in terms to individuals as well as in a philosophical sense,…
Los Angeles resident Emperor X is cloistered in an Eastside warehouse finishing an album of pop weirdness that Bar/None Records plans to release later this year. To commemorate this weekend’s Carmageddon freeway closure, the label sent out a preview in the form of “Sig Alert”, a love song from a war-torn alternate universe in which California’s infrastructure has fallen victim to insurgent bombing campaigns, radioactive dust clouds, and hordes of…
“Field Songs” is the fifth album by William Elliott Whitmore, and it provides listeners with some of the most touching and compelling music of Whitmore’s career. The tracks on Field Songs unite into one cohesive entity – while the different tracks on the album can be enjoyed alone, I feel that there are is a considerable amount of intertrack interplay that one has to listen to to properly get what…
For the first time, the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival will host the Best Buy Music Gear Battle Of The Bands Powered by Ernie Ball. This competition will allow one unsigned band the opportunity to play live on the Best Buy Music Gear Stage at each U.S. tour stop during the August 28-October 14 trek. Finalists will compete for a grand prize package worth more than $20,000. The Rockstar…
ER: The Complete 15th Season captured the final episodes of the venerable show, which all originally aired in 2008 and 2009. These twenty-two episodes tie together a number of the loose ends that had been presented viewers over the course of the show, while still having time to create cutting-edge medical drama. Where the 14th season had seemed to sputter due to the writer’s strike, the 15th season immediately hits…
Portland, Oregon-based indie-pop/electronic-folk outfit Priory, comprised of Brandon Johnson (vocals, bass), Kyle Dieker (acoustic guitar, keys, bells, falsetto), Joe Mingus (drums), and Greg Harpel (lead guitar, bells, keys), have returned home from their first (of many) U.S. tours promoting their debut, self-titled ful-length. Continuing to promote their album, which is hot off the presses, they have released a video for the album’s first single, “Lady of Late.” The video can…
“A Feminist Manifesto” begins with “Ballerina”, a spicy track that soars on the back of some sizzling horns. O’Neill’s vocals during “Ballerina” benefit from challenging time signatures and a style that touches upon pop, rock, and even country and blues in their execution. What is one of the most exciting sides of “A Feminist Manifesto” has to be the inclusion of stellar musicians to lay down the instrumental backdrop for…
March Into Paris make the beginning of their “Beautiful Chaos” into an instrument-heavy affair that benefits through the inclusion of a strong female set of vocals. There is not an easy way to compare the band to existing music; there is a fury present to the previously-mentioned vocals that is only matched by the splashing drums and sick guitar lines. “Inside My Heart” may have a little more atmospheric and…
“In LA” is the first track on “Smoke N Mirrors”, and what the band lays down will immediately catch the attention of anyone in the vicinity. The band takes nods from The Donnas, The Runaways, and The Distillers, and puts a little bit more rock into the equation that fuels “Smoke N Mirrors”. The titular track on “Smoke N Mirrors” looks further back into the annals of music to pull…