Montreal space-proggers KOSMOS have been nominated for Metal/Hardcore Album of the Year by the Quebec Indie Music Awards! KOSMOS, featuring members of VOIVOD, PARADISE, TRICKY WOO, and GRIM SKUNK, released their self-titled debut via THE END RECORDS on September 4th of last year.
Individuals might not be familiar with Craig Bickhardt from name alone. For film buffs, however, individuals may know of Bickhardt from the compositions that he contributed to the classic flick “Tender Mercies”, that starred Robert Duvall. If the individual would not know Bickhardt from that linkage, he has also penned hits for stars like Pam Tillis and Martina McBride. Knowing that he penned hits for those individuals does not give…
ARTIST SONG ALBUM Boys Noize Arcade Robot Oi Oi Oi Boys Noize Oh! Oi Oi Oi Dropkick Murphys The Warrior’s Code The Warrior’s Code Fort Knox Five feat. Mustafa Akbar The Spirit of 75 Radio Free DC (lp) From First To Last Worlds Away From First To Last From First To Last Two As One From First To Last From First To Last We All Turn Back To Dust From…
In ‘Girls and Weather’, The Rumble Strips have recorded a truly classic debut album. With their somewhat eccentric origins in Devon, the four young men from Tavistock have fashioned a set of songs steeped with huge, life-affirming choruses all awash with the optimism of youth. This is a band whose sound and look is entirely their own: thundering drums and piano, brass to stir the soul and singer Charlie Waller’s…
Matthew West – DePauw Concert – 2001 This act is actually the singer along with two of his friends in this incarnation of the band. Each song has an independent feel to it that holds so much more in each lyrics then the casual listener can comprehend. One interesting thing about this act is the fact that non-traditional drumming styles re heavily used to give the band a truly different…
Apollo Sunshine’s brand-new full-length, Shall Noise Upon, is out today on Headless Heroes. The album finds the multi-talented trio skillfully displaying their versatility throughout the 16 tracks, from the driving electric “666: The Coming Of The New World Government†to the harmony-laden “Singing To The Earth (To Thank Her For You)†to the deceptively unadorned “Money,†a truly beautiful record that marries the talents of Apollo Sunshine with their energy…
‘Sup is to interviews that Shredding Paper is to reviews. However, interviews can be constructed a myriad of ways and questions can be asked pretty much any way to get to any final point. To keep it short, interviews are a much more versatile way to get to know a band or act, and allow for the act to verify or deny certain things that must be taken as speculation…
With his second album Cantarell, Secret Dakota Ring mastermind Andy Ross steers his project towards beautifully realized stylistic extremes of pop. Each track reveals a bevy of musical surprises. From the multi-layered summer-of-love psychedelia of “Losing Eyeballs†to the stark strings-only arrangement of “They Got The Wrong Guy†to the Hitsville USA pep of “The Fade to Black,†SDR have crafted a uniquely detailed and completely individual half-hour of ultra-catchy…
Over The Rhine is an act that shocked me. I was guessing a much more folksy, classical style out of “Discount Fireworksâ€, but I hear something like a slow-baked version of Sheryl Crow. The opening track, “Last Night On Earth Againâ€, is a very radio-friendly song and only goes into a more musical style when the slide guitar plays at the peripheries. This sound continues through “If Nothing Elseâ€. The…
The Decemberists will embark on the “Bridesmaid Revisited – Tour 2008” shortly after an election eve performance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” A limited number of pre-sale tickets go on sale TODAY to the public on a first-come, first-served basis at http://www.decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com. General ticket on-sales begin on Saturday, September 6th, for East Coast dates and on Saturday, September 13th, for West Coast dates. Portland-based band Loch Lomond will open…
As the Puzzle Quest franchise expands into outer space with new game Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, D3Publisher’s official Puzzle Quest website, www.Puzzle-Quest.com, has relaunched in cyberspace. Fans will have access to a showroom of all current and future games in the franchise including Puzzle: Quest: Challenge of the Warlords and its exclusive expansion pack Puzzle: Quest: Challenge of the Warlords – Revenge of the Plague Lord from Xbox LIVE® Arcade for…
Abacus– This band is pop hardcore in the vein of what the Blitz and WAZU play. Metal with definite influences of Metallica, Pantera, Godsmack, and Sepultura. Most fake hardcore bands like this suck, but Abacus actually has more of a metal edge and is easier to listen to. The guitarist also has some really kickass solos, and the drummer is a speed demon. Fist of Gold- Creed+ New metallica sounding…
Hermosa Beach punk rock icons Pennywise, celebrating its 20th anniversary, raised its collective middle finger in the air to the music industry this spring and did the most punk rock/DIY thing imaginable; they gave away their latest record Reason To Believe for free. In fact, 400,000 downloads of Reason To Believe were recorded during a groundbreaking, two week promotion that gave Pennywise’s MySpace friends the opportunity to download the whole…
Suburban Voice is another of the slew of magazines that I’ve just recently learned about as being hallmarks of a specific scene. #46 is the anniversary issue, and just by going through the zine, reasons for why exactly people still look up to this zine are presented over and over again. Primarily focusing on the hardcore scene (though they are open to some other forms of music), Suburban Voice has…
“[Kinky] blends traditional Mexican bass and accordion elements into an otherworldly hybrid of electronica, funk, rock and post-punk, tinkering with genres as uninhibitedly as My Morning Jacket.” — PASTE.COM Mexican rockers KINKY are set to release their fourth studio album BARRACUDA (Kin-Kon/Nettwerk) in February of 2009, with an early digital release on September 30, 2008. Produced by Kinky with some co-production from Money Mark (Beastie Boys) and Chico Sonido, Barracudacaptures…
There is a heavy amount of alt-country present during Leeroy Stagger’s “Where I Liveâ€. The vocals seem to blend John Mellencamp and Tom Petty. This means that while the songs are eminently radio-friendly, they have a little bit of grit present that establishes eir as someone completely different from what is pushed at the moment. The material is a little sparse for a nearly-five minute track, but Stagger ends the…
Welcome to the future, sucker. You, sweltering in a Park Slope loft. You, comatose by conversation in a Silverlake bungalow. You, conceived in 3 seconds of ecstasy, then spit out into a suburban nightmare of laptop pornography and wal-mart homogeneity, absurdity around every bend. Is this how the 21st century begins? George Orwell is turning in his grave, “I told you so, suckers!”. Walt Disney is thawing like an ice…
Got Game Entertainment has released a new trailer for “Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals”. The trailer features in-game footage from this upcoming, thrilling suspense-adventure game (PC) based on the art and stories of famed graphic novelist and filmmaker Enki Bilal, and from the studio created by adventure game legend Benoit Sokal.
Ryan Greenley– This has four people playing (Bongos/Bass/Drums/Guitar). Jesse is on Bass. All songs of this set are instrumental. This has a decent jazz-indie feel, with a Guitarist with mucho talent. The set has very amazing guitar playing, but every other member of the band is barely noticeable. The guitar playing is so good that it sounds like one big long solo. This style of music is one of the…
Emily Wells plays songs from her ambitious new album “The Symphonies: Dreams Memories and Parties” on this falls’ (all girl) Hotel Café tour with Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Ngyuen, Kate Havnevik and Lenka. But first, she’ll kick off with a series of solo gigs in Southern California. See tour dates below!