The full sound of this new band from Tairrie B (Tura Satana/Manhole) really is what invites listeners in during tracks like “Touch Me I’m Sick”. Everything is given a bass-heavy luster that allows the swampy-rock of the band to shine through. Couple that with sizzling guitar lines and arrangements that are similar in style to “Deliverance”-era Corrosion of Conformity, and the band has some serious positives to win people over…
Sifting through traces of quantum universes, Kordan find the lush textures, pulsating beats, and somber melodies that they use to project dreams of bleak, dismal cities in a holographic future. But just below this mournful atmosphere there is also flicker of energy, like one of those cities is slowly flickering back on after a blackout. Lumines- cent synths build on scratchy guitars and the electricity of the city finally rushes…
The style of music that The Myriad plays is an ultimately polished and proper type of emo-meets-rock that has every member of the band join in in a very democratic way. The mastering on this disc is probably the best purveyor of this “everyone gets a shot” attitude; bass lines crust and swell at those moments where the supersonic vocals of Jeremy resound through the track. In fact, tracks like…
11 – Cliff’s Pavilion, Southend 12 – The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire 13 – De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex 15 – St David’s Hall, Cardiff 19 – The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 20 – The Lowry, Salford 22 – The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds 23 – The Picturehouse, Edinburgh 24 – The ABC, Glasgow 25 – The Sage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28 – The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham…
Not the type of cookie monster-emo culmination that many hardcore bands are latching onto for rapid success, My Revenge! mix together traditional Minor Threat / Sick of it All-style hardcore with traditional metal and 80s punk. For example, the opening track “Haddonfield Illinois” shows the influence of straight-forward punk, most noticeably The Misfits. Never one to slow down, each track on “Less Plot, More Blood” blasts through at about a…
11/6 – Austin, TX – Waterloo Park (w/Off With Their Heads) 11/8 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/9 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/11 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/12 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 11/13 –…
Hail To The Clear Figurines is the sixth album by Philly psychonauts, The Asteroid #4. Hot off the heels of their prior release, 2008’s These Flowers Of Ours…, our heroes decamped to the mind-warp vortex that is their studio home during the winter of 2010 to continue their assault on the senses. Perhaps due to the season, and its affect on the psyche, Hail To The Clear Figurines has a…
Nov 5 Fri Dallas TX @ House of Blues Nov 6 Sat Houston TX @ House of Blues Nov 7 Sun New Orleans LA @ House of Blues Nov 9 Tue Atlanta GA @ Loft at Center Stage Nov 11 Thu Baltimore MD @ Rams Head Live Nov 12 Fri Toronto ONT @ The Phoenix Nov 13 Sat Montreal QUE @ Club Soda Nov 14 Sun Boston MA @ House…
Call me shallow, but I was not expecting My New Life to sound like they actually do – I’ve had their poster up on my wall for a few months, and I was expecting an indie-rock band. “Three Weeks” opens up “A Sad State of Affairs” and it compels individuals to listen through a very tight arrangement of music and a pop-punk sensibility that disappeared from the venue after Green…
Nov 9 Houston, TX House of Blues Nov 10 Austin, TX The Parish Nov 12 Dallas, TX House of Blues Cambridge Rm SOLD OUT Nov 13 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre Nov 14 Nashville, TN Belcourt Theatre SOLD OUT Nov 15 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse Nov 17 Vienna, VA Jammin Java SOLD OUT Nov 18 Washington, DC Rock n Roll Hotel Nov 19 New York, NY Highline Ballroom SOLD OUT Nov…
In the same vein of emocore music as Coheed and Cambria and Story of the Year, My Chemical Romance mixes killer production with a silky-smooth set of vocals and equally compelling guitars. Swirling guitars as well as the technical abilities of the band make a track like “Give ‘Em Hell, Kid” fulfilling in both the musical and catchy senses. Never one to rest on their laurels, My Chemical Romance is…
This Time Next Year has announced the dates for their upcoming Fall tour. Joining them on the two week, West Coast tour will be The Story So Far and Matt Foster (of First To Leave). “We’ve wanted to do something like this for years and we finally are,” states This Time Next Year’s Brad Wiseman. “Almost everyone on the tour is from Walnut Creek. It can’t get better than that!”…
This deluxe edition comes at a time when MxPx is trying to make a strong caser for their continued relevance in the land of emo, hardcore, emocore, and countless other bands with fades and girl pants. What could be better than releasing a deluxe edition of “Let It Happen”, a disc that showed to many that MxPx was capable of hanging with the big dogs of the time (Bad Religion,…
We reviewed Just Dance last year, and thought that it was a tremendous title that really went forth and expanded upon the dance-genre game that had previously seen a little stagnation. Rather than merely slap another paint on this original framework, Just Dance 2 has added a number of different songs, modes, and overall directions for the game to take. Key of these different modes would have to be the…
ROMEO ET JULIETTE by Charles Gounod February 11, 13(m), 16, 19, 25, & 27(m), 2011 Conductor: Marco Zambelli* Stage director: Michael Kahn Starring: Charles Castronovo* (Romeo), Lyubov Petrova (Juliet), Robert Lloyd (Friar Laurence), Joshua Hopkins* (Mercutio), Roxana Constantinescu* (Stephano), Stephen Morscheck (Capulet), Jane Bunnell (Gertrude), Mark McCrory (The Duke), Aaron Blake (Tybalt), and Stephen LaBrie* (Paris) RIGOLETTO by Giuseppe Verdi March 25, 27(m), 30; April 2, 7, & 10(m), 2011…
After a sold out 2010 summer tour, Crystal Castles will embark on further North American dates this coming March. Their album “Crystal Castles II” has been critically acclaimed worldwide, including Pitchfork’s “Best New Music”. The band has 70 million plays on Last.fm and MySpace, an impressive achievement for an underground cult band without any mainstream radio or TV play. WATCH “BAPTISM”, THE NEW VIDEO BY CRYSTAL CASTLES HERE: DOWNLOAD NEW…
Within The Ruins are currently out on The Portals Tour. Also on the road with them is Arsonists Get All The Girls, Ion Dissonance, And Hell Followed With, Destruction of a Rose and Struc/tures. The tour is being presented by Malus Colthing. Within The Ruins released their new album Invade on August 31st through Victory Records. WITHIN THE RUINS TOUR DATES 11/5/10 Albany, New York @ Bogie’s 11/6/10 Manchester, New…
This is really what I’ve come to expect from Mustard Plug, as I have had the pleasure to review a number of their prior releases for inclusion at the local radio station. If you are at all familiar with Mustard Plug, you already know of their brand of infectious ska/punk. If you are wondering why Mustard Plug hasn’t been like the rest of the ska acts and turned to emo…
I understand that the Blu-Ray format is still on its ascendancy, but I was surprised to see that Mad Max hadn’t gotten released on the format as of yet. However, MGM has done a hell of a job bringing some shine back to this 1980 title. Beyond clearing up the video and audio, there have been a number of additional features included here. When one will likely be able to…
11/4/10 Patchogue, New York @ Club Karma 11/5/10 Albany, New York @ Bogie’s 11/6/10 Manchester, New Hampshire @ Rocko’s 11/7/10 Holyoke, Massachusetts @ Waterfront Tavern 11/8/10 Danbury, Connecticut @ Heirloom Arts Theatre 11/9/10 Buffalo, New York @ Broadway Joe’s 11/10/10 Toledo, Ohio @ Frankie’s 11/11/10 Southgate, Michigan @ The Modern Exchange 11/12/10 Bartlett, Illinois @ Local Noise 11/13/10 Jefferson, South Dakota @ Jefferson Community Center 11/14/10 St. Paul, Minnesota @…