Wow, I had heard of Roger Miret but never really heard eir – apparently ey was the former lead singer of Agnostic Front, and yet I can hear what ey is singing. Simply fucking fantabulous! This even sounds like a mixture of the Street Dogs and LES Stitches, so RMatD have two things going for them before their first song, “Loud and Proud” ends. “Riot, Riot, Riot” gains its immense…
Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, who has proven to be an up-and-coming vocal and dramatic draw on both sides of the Atlantic, looks forward to capping his season with a high-profile European summer schedule. He returns to the U.K.’s Glyndebourne Festival to make his role debut as Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo (July 2 – Aug 22), as well as appearing in the same production at London’s world-famous BBC Proms festival on…
Jeff Ott had Fifteen. Conor Oberst had Bright Eyes and Desparecidos. Rocky Votolato chooses it to go more along Lifted-Era Bright Eyes, and have a number of individuals back him while he strums along on a guitar. The angsty vocals of Conor can be heard in tracks like “Death-Right”, while hints of Justin Sane’s solo work really seems similar politically (from discussing suicide bombers in “Automatic Rifle” to the Union…
With all the coverage that we give to supplements, it begins to slip our mind that there are a number of great videos released every month. Furthermore, there are some solid videos that focus on individual-level health. Kickstart Your Health, a video produced by Detroit’s DPTV and hosted by Dr. Neal Barnard, is one of the best ones that we have seen. This hour-long video gives viewers a three-week plan…
Fresh from playing the ultimate house concert of the year, The White House, Aimee Mann returns to the road for a string of West Coast tour dates in August. Kicking off her tour at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on August 12th, Aimee will make a stop at the Hollywood Bowl to perform in Joni’s Jazz, alongside Herbie Hancock, Clen Hansard, Chaka Khan, Cassandra Wilson and Wayne Shorter…
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New York, New York – Escape to New York, an art, music and interactive performance party from the creator of the Secret Garden Party UK, will be bringing extraordinary and sensory captivating pop up art installations to the festival experience this summer. The installations, curated by Winkel & Balktick, will be sprinkled throughout the festival grounds, popping up throughout the three day and night event, and range from visually beautiful…
It took me some getting used to the fact that BioPharma’s Nano EPA was not in pills. However, my fears were quashed the first time that I took the Nano EPA DHA; the flavor is a dead-on recreation of Lemon Meringue pie. By using one teaspoon of the Nano EPA DHA, individuals will be providing their body with a tremendous amount of nutrients. The way in which BioPharma processes their…
“Paralyzed” opens up “Are You Nervous?” and the dance-punk played by Rock Kills Kid is something that is often replicated but never duplicated. This is the next step beyond Franz Ferdinand, as there are the angular arrangements present throughout this album. However, this angular sound is not the only thing that fuels the album, as the soulful vocals look back to the days of Duran Duran while the fullness of…
Born of three musicians who crossed paths in music school in Los Angeles, EINVERA deliver a high-paced multi-instrumental explosion of technical metal born under the influence of nontraditional American folk music. After months of crafting original material together, the band finalized and recorded early in 2011, the recording sessions resulting in the 33-minute-long, eclectic, energetic, eight-song, full-length dubbed In Your Image, recently self-released by the core members of EINVERA themselves.…
The biggest problem that I have had with energy chews in the past is that many cannot divorce themselves from a vitamin-heavy flavor. No matter which flavor one gets, they cannot taste this vitamin flavor in FRS Energy Chews. While we are reviewing their orange flavor, the company produces a wide array of others – Lemon Lime, Pomegranate Blueberry and Pineapple Mango. We used FRS Energy Chews in a much…
Built To Last is another Rock N Roll Purgatory band that has been tremendously influenced by the rockabilly movement. This influence is shown in the very distinctive, upright-soudning bass lines of “Monster Truck” and “The Best”. Lead vocalist Phil creates the distinctive vocals, a mixture of Tiger Army, Nekromantix, The Misfits and even Reel Big Fish. In an odd change from the norm, Rocket 350 really has the bass filling…
Quite possibly the Southern Hemisphere’s best kept secret, Clubfeet is ready to announce their arrival to the world. It is the holy union of five sons of Melbourne, Australia and Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they create music that sounds like a daydream feels – ethereal, intoxicating and infinitely carefree. It is truly sublime, heart melting indie-pop. “Edge of Extremes” is the very first single from their new Gold on…
This is the Vanguard debut of Diane Schuur, and I feel that this shift in record labels is precisely what ey needed. While 2008’s “Some Other Time” (Concord) was typical Schuur, “Gathering” is the next evolutionary step forward. This renewed take on life is easily heard during “Gathering”, which will undoubtedly impress in regards to the intricate arrangements and tremendous vocal delivery that are commonplace here. The array of tracks…
The Rocket Summer sounds about as emo as you can get with their opening track “Move To The Other Side of the Block”, being essentially a Jadisonotes track: a piano with a melo-dramatic set of vocals (laid down by Bryce. What is impressiver about The Rocket Summer is the fact that Bryce does practically everything on the disc, including writing, arranging, singing, and playing on all the track – perhaps…
Dropkick Murphys will perform two landmark hometown shows–September 8 and 9–at Boston’s Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox, pending city approval. A portion of the proceeds from the two Dropkick Murphys at Fenway with Special Guests The Mighty Mighty Bosstones shows will benefit the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund–which helps support families of victims of 9/11 throughout the state–as well as the band’s charity The Claddagh Fund. Special guests The Mighty…
Wisconsin thrash metallers LAZARUS A.D. are set to hit the road on the band’s first headlining tour with the band taking on local support at each stop. The No Prisoners No Mercy Tour takes the band through NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Baltimore, and more on this 14 date run kicking off in Rochester, NY on July 22. The band’s July 24th stop in Montreal at the Heavy MTL Festival sees…
The recording of the follow-up to OCTOBER FALLS ‘ critically-acclaimed A Collapse Of Faith will start in August. The Plague Of A Coming Age will contain 9 hymns and will represent a step forward from the previous material. Once again, M. Tarvonen, of MOONSORROW fame, will handle the drums on this new album. The album’s cover is being painted, as we speak, by Argentinian artist Santiago Caruso. This new piece…
Rockdotrock is the most interesting premise behind a band that I think I have ever heard. The band’s sole purpose is to turn listeners onto Norton Confidential, for reasons explained in each of the five songs. To be honest, I am not expecting much from Rockdotrock besides a whole lot of product shilling and a whole lot of cheesy songs. At the beginning of “Mr. Software”, the guitars start off…
SABATON + GRAVE DIGGER + POWERWOLF + SKULL FIST 07/09/11 – AT – Vienna, Arena 08/09/11- DE – Munich, Backstage 09/09/11 – DE – Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn 10/09/11 – DE – Würzburg, Posthalle 11/09/11 – NL – Eindhoven, Effenaar 13/09/11 – CH – Zürich, Volkshaus 14/09/11 – DE – Saabrücken, Garage 15/09/11 – DE – Hamburg, Markthalle http://www.metalblade.com/powerwolf/ http://www.powerwolf.net/ http://www.facebook.com/powerwolfmetal http://www.myspace.com/powerwolfmetal