Individuals may have heard of Midnight Movies from the single they cut before the album was out, “Patient Eye”. Essentially, Midnight Movies attempted to take the world by storm with this track, which mixed a psychedelic style with a mid-nineties alternative style. Since there were so few tracks on their last EP, “Lion the Girl” is the first real chance most people will have listening to Midnight Movies. “Souvenirs” is…
Giuseppe Verdi’s popular masterpiece Rigoletto returns to the Met this season featuring five artists in their Met debuts and four performers singing major roles for the first time with the company. On September 29, Lado Ataneli sings the hunchback court jester and Christine Schäfer is his daughter Gilda, both adding new roles to their Met repertory. Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni makes his Met debut, as does Francesco Meli as the Duke…
Madison Farmer (guitar) and Fiona Campbell (drums), from Arkansas and New Zealand respectively, first met bartending at DIY shows in Brooklyn during the sweltering heat of summer 2009 and decided to start a band after discovering a shared love of punk, surf, and riot grrrl records. After an initial jam in the Market Hotel living room, the band recorded a few demos in Madison’s basement and, over the course of…
This band of dreamy-pop is of a style that really hasn’t been approached much since Sean Lennon started out back in the late nineties. Michaels’ music is not stale or rote in the least, and “Anyways” has the same laid-back beels that Christian superstar Bryan Duncan has had throughout his career. However, “Low Stress in the Deep End” can seem middling at times; the same fault that has reared its…
Canada’s very own CANCER BATS are pleased to announce brand new tour dates with THE CHARIOT that will take them into the U.S. this winter! The tour begins in Edinboro, PA on November 30th, and more dates will be announced soon! But, before this U.S. run, CANCER BATS will also perform across Canada with THE CHARIOT! CANCER BATS and Absolute Punk recently posted the second episode “CANCER BATS World Wide…
The dreamy pop of “They Marry” shows Mi and L’Au as masters of atmosphere. While the track sounds outwardly positive, the flute and other incident instruments present on the track gives the song a darker feeling. The meandering flow of “Philosopher” uses repletion to drive home a simplistic, yet overall catchy melody to Mi and L’Au’s listener base. This repetition would be a key problem for practically any other act…
In case you haven’t caught on just yet, we’re going to be touring all over this world. Wherever you live, be it US, UK, Europe or Canada, make sure to come check us out as we head out on our Tonight We Fee Alive tour and its European counterpart. UK, come hang with us on the Kerrang Relentless Energy Tour, and Canada on the dates w/ Alexisonfire. No matter what,…
Los Angeles experimental rock quintet Vanaprasta will be releasing a 7-inch vinyl featuring the tracks Skinny State and Minnesota from their forthcoming full-length record Healthy Geometry on September 27th. The 7-inch can be pre-ordered at a discounted price until the 27th. Healthy Geometry explores the expansive landscape of the band’s musical influences. Vanaprasta’s heavy, bluesy riffs mesh with angular guitars, three part harmonies, pounding rhythms and ethereal sounds. The exhilarating…
In anticipation of the release of Serj Tankian’s sophomore studio album Imperfect Harmonies on September 21st, Serj Tankian is giving you the chance to win two huge prize packs! One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a recording software bundle of AmpliTube iRig/ AmpliTube Fender/ Miroslav Philharmonik plus the T-RackS 3 Mastering Software, an Epiphone Guitar, as well as the new album and a shirt. SargeantJohn Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur…
The Extra Lens (John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats and Franklin Bruno of the Human Hearts) will release their Merge debut, Undercard on October 19. To commemorate this occasion, Franklin & John will head up the east coast for a few dates in October. All dates are with John Vanderslice, and tickets will go on sale this weekend. The Extra Lens on tour: *all dates with John Vanderslice Oct 19…
The opening strains of “Moving Around” has a very tenuous set of vocals and a much more insistent set of drums. This allows for two distinct strains of style to be present during the early part of “Slingshot Echoes”, and gives the band an ability to blend styles from the eighties , nineties, and the present. The band gets added style points by allowing the bassist to have a very…
Legendary jazz bassist Avishai Cohen is at it again. After receiving critical acclaim for his April 2010 release, Aurora, he’s embarking on a North American tour to spread the love a little more. The phenomenon that is Avishai Cohen now unites spirits well beyond the borders of jazz. Having moved outside any clearly defined categories, Avishai electrifies the audience at each performance. If you’re interested in helping cover this tour,…
The instrumentation that is present during the entirety of Mew’s “And The Glass Handed Kites” is leagues above anything else on the pop radar. There are so many things happening during a Mew track that listeners can play the track on repeat and just pick apart different facets of the dense arrangements that await them. The music that is played is not going to be the next #1 hit on…
VeneMusic, the dynamic music label of Venevision International, a global entertainment company of the Cisneros Group of Companies, announced they had reached a deal with Yanni-Wake Entertainment for the distribution and marketing of future Latin-themed albums produced by Yanni, considered the most successful contemporary instrumentalist of all time. The first of these productions to be released is “Yanni, Mexicanísimo,” [loosely translated means ‘Very Mexican’] a musical gem that, without a…
The buzz behind Metric is huge, to say the least. The angular sound of tracks like “Glass Ceiling” really draws listeners back to the days of The Breeders (not the washed up version of the band that just released the album, but when they released “Cannonball), while tying itself to the current musical trend of herky-jerky dance-ready rock pioneered by bands like Franz Ferdinand. While the next track “Handshakes” begins…
Toro Y Moi has announced a Fall tour with LA’s Nosaj Thing & Jogger, in addition to a few shows on their own and an appearance at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Festival in November. In addition to Toro Y Moi, Chaz Bundick has a few other aliases he’s been recording under for some time, including Les Sins. Carpark has just unveiled plans to release the first Les Sins 12″ on…
After an astonishing breakout in 2009, falsetto throwback crooner Mayer Hawthorne is set to embark on a national tour with backing band The County. Hawthorne’s tour will be sponsored by a standout in its own category, the all-new 2011 MAZDA2 subcompact 5-door hatchback. Mayer’s authentic, organic ascent to popularity produced a stellar debut A Strange Arrangement, anchored by the lead single “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out,” which was amongst the…
Bar-None Records is honored to release the classic album “I, Brute Force – Confections of Love.” After forty-six years of near obscurity, its time has finally come. “I, Brute Force – Confections of Love” is an album for the ages, an under-appreciated love letter to the world, and, most importantly, a desperately needed escape from reality. You can check out the immortal “Tapeworm Of Love” here: http://www.youtube.com/user/howlinwuelf?feature=mhum#p/c/E53AA2EEC91A7CC9/5/qRWnhv6fCss “I, Brute Force…
Mess Up The Mess uses the same font on their album as TBS does during a number of their bumpers. I don’t know why I said that, but it seems to be as random as the band’s output on “You Remind Me Of Summer Vacation”. The first track on this disc is “Lawn Chair Meet Balloon”, and the track seems to blend together classic punk (Ramones), surf music, and hints…
1. The Phuture Ain’t What It Used To Be feat Joel Edwards 2. Crystalized feat. Foremost Poets 3. Sax My Bitch Up 4. You Want It All feat Boomclap Bachelors 5. A Little Bit of Kaos 6. Hi Jaxx 7. Behind The Mask feat Tanya Michelle 8. Feelin’ Nervous 9. Another World feat. Andre Lodemann 10. Heatwave On Mars 11. Life Is So Strange feat Tony Momrelle 12. Another Generation…