Mephi – Music for Dead Blondes This is probably the last Israeli band I will have to review unless Useless ID sends me a disc in the near future. This disc has a really lo-fi sound to it,m and I am at a loss of words when I try to classify it as any specific genre. Rather, I would have to say that MEPHI really mixes indie, They Might Be…
CONDITIONS is pleased to announce their supporting position on tour with VersaEmerge, Anarbor, The Dangerous Summer this fall! The tour begins next Tuesday, October 21st in Dallas, TX, and comes to a close in Towson, MD on November 22nd! See below for all current tour dates! To sweeten these dates, CONDITIONS is offering a chance to win free tickets and a meet and greet with the Better Your Life Contest!…
The collection of tracks on this album really shows the hard-edge punk sound that Mental Pain has been trying to craft in the Southeastern corner of Ohio for the last five years. One cannot do any better but start off this album with “Together We Stand”, a track that puts Mental Pain alongside The Unseen and The Casualties for pure streetpunk. “Raw and Ruthless” may not have the pure catchiness…
The band, comprised of the phenomenal composer Józef Skrzek, the excellent guitarist Apostolis Anthimos, and the flawless drummer Gabor Nemeth, plans to release the new material this Autumn via Metal Mind Productions. They are currently working in RecRublica Studios in Lubrza (http://www.recpublica.com), again with Sebastian Witkowski, who produced their previous album “Iron Curtain” (2009). The trio offer a perfect blend of the sincerity of blues and the freedom of jazz.…
I had tried to ignore reviewing this EP for the longest possible time, because I had no clue how the Men of Gentle Birth (formerly Blacks) were going to be able to re-created their tremendous live act. However, they have been paired up with the best production and mastering, allowing for them to shine in all the right places without necessarily opening up the tracks too far and losing some…
On October 22, The Dallas Opera opens the 2010-11 season, its second in the glittering new Winspear Opera House. With 30 performances in all, the new season comprises five productions exploring “Dangerous Desires” – themes of romantic drama and political intrigue – kicking off with Mozart’s Don Giovanni, which stars Tony® Award-winner Paolo Szot. Szot’s appearance marks his Dallas Opera debut, which comes just months after his debut at the…
Hailing from Dublin, Ireland but planning on spending 2011 stateside Kopek – Shane Cooney (drums), Brad Kinsella (Bass), Daniel Jordan (vox), are looking forward to their physical US debut release, White Collar Lies on January 18 on Religion Music via SIN/SonyMusic Independent Network, followed by nonstop touring throughout 2011. Check out the band’s acoustic version of the track ‘Sub Human’ from White Collar Lies here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDfqdO_lw7Y Look for Kopek’s track…
VP Records recording artist Capleton gears up to fire his brand of reggae music to the masses across the U.S., and is taking label mate Romain Virgo and dancehall star Munga Honorable as opening acts for his headlining U.S. tour. The legendary reggae star and Virgo, a rising singing sensation, both released new albums this year, and now they are taking those new sounds to the fans. (See tour dates…
The guitar that opens up a song like “I Wish I Wish” is very traditional sounding, with the female vocals that are paired with the guitar giving the act a more complete approacvh. While the music was created in 2006, there is nothing saying that this type of music – and the band that created it, The Memory Band – could not be from an earlier period. The production is…
Liquido are undoubtedly best known for their smash hit from 1999 – „Narcotic”. The song became a huge mainstream success and is to this day played by numerous European radios. But not all music lovers know that Liquido’s career has since evolved and after their 1999 self-titled debut LP, the band released four more albums. Metal Mind Productions presents “Float” – one of Liquido’s most rock-oriented efforts, filled with a…
The Melvins, I thought, were a metal band. Two things really made me change my mind on that synopsis: first off, the album that Jello Biafra did with these guys, and secondly, this album. “Mangled Demos From 1983” might be from over twenty years ago, but the re-vamped sound of this album (long found as a bootleg) makes the intensity of The Melvins almost as if they were playing for…
Bassist Joey Very (Armored Saint/Fates Warning) and ax-slinger Mike Stone (former Queensryche/Peter Criss) will join (Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Michael Graves (The Misfits), Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint), Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult), Andy Hilfiger (bassologist/Fashion Guru) and Marky Ramone himself for a full concert of The Ramones. You will hear the music that defined many generations and inspired many bands. Marky’s set list is comprised of…
Mellowdrone really link the sound of their band during tracks like “C’Mon Try A Little Bit” to their title; the mellow drone of the band in all facets of output (instrumentation or vocals). There is a little electronic/techno edge to “Oh My” which immediately draws a parallel to acts like Nine Inch Nails; the off-kilter sounds of the band that come soon after really distinguish them from the former act.…
More than ever, versatility pays. As the lines between musical styles continue to disappear, people are demanding more from what they listen to. Today a hit needs to have a little of everything in it, and in turn, hitmakers need to be capable of doing a little of everything. Versatility is one of many points that set the three-man production collective Miami Beat Wave a clear cut above their competition.…
As a rock and roll band playing year round, TV Buddhas has been dealing with having no home, no friends and no time for themselves, not by the consumption of alcohol or drugs, as the cliché goes, but rather by creating an illusion of a normal everyday. For the past few months, the vlog has become their way to see their own lives from afar through the lens of a…
Music Rising, an award winning initiative co-founded in 2005 by U2’s the Edge, legendary producer Bob Ezrin and Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz announced a $1 million program in partnership with Tulane University to develop a college curriculum that will provide a permanent, comprehensive and definitive study of the musical heritage of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. The Music Rising program is administered by the Gibson…
There are a number of individuals that have been gone from the popular purview that have released albums in the first quarter of 2007. Kenny Wayne Shepherd and John Mellencamp are two of those individuals. As many know, John Mellencamp was the mastermind behind such rock standards as “Jack and Diane” and “Pink Houses”. Mellencamp would resurface again in 1993 with a cover of the Van Morrison track “Wild Night”,…
Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL are pleased to announce a brand new slew of dates that will take them all over Asia in the coming weeks! SHADOWS FALL will visit Thailand, Taiwan, China, Philippines, and Korea! See below for all current dates. SHADOWS FALL will be unleashing a brand new DVD titled Madness in Manila, scheduled for release this October! The footage seen in the DVD was shot at their recent…
Rush and Dream Theatre immediately mix with Weezer to create a current yet aged sound. This “aged” factor, pretty much a reinventing of the shoegazer genre of the mid-nineties, is strengthened through the omnipresent bass by Chad Molter on tracks like “Safe and Sorry”. “Safe and Sorry” benefits from a highly technical guitar arrangement that also recalls the best of sixties rocks like The Kinks. Devin’s vocals, best described as…
Check them out on tour with Victory label mates Thieves and Villains! Dates below: 9/22/2010 Party Expo Brooklyn NY 9/23/2010 THE SPACE Hamden CT 9/24/2010 Indigo Paradise Nyack NY 9/25/2010 Salem Knights of Columbus Salem MA 9/27/2010 Ottobar Baltimore MD 9/28/2010 The Barbary Philadelphia PA 9/30/2010 CASBAH Charlotte NC 10/1/2010 Club Relevant Virginia Beach VA 10/2/2010 THE BARN Warrenton VA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4m68sW_5Oc