Iron Maiden – Live After Death / 2008 Universal / 240 Minutes / http://www.ironmaiden.com / “Live After Death†is a recording that has legs. Done during the band’s “Powerslave†tour in 1984-1985, this recording has been released on CD a number of times, and is only just being ported over to the DVD format this year. However, instead of going and just sticking a VHS tape on a DVD and…
Dustin O’Halloran, also known as one-half of the acclaimed duo Devics, has revealed himself as a highly individual musical virtuoso with his new collection of stunning instrumental piano sonatas, “Piano Solos vol. 2.” The classically-inspired pieces prompted Grammy-winning K.D. Lang to invite O’Halloran on tour with her this spring, beginning in Toronto, February 21.
OST: Juno / 2008 Rhino / 19 Tracks / http://www.foxsearchlight.com/juno / Juno was one of the most highly rated new movies on any movie-specific web site, and one of the major reasons why individuals were so into the movie was the fact that the music fit so well. This soundtrack, released by Rhino, captures all of the music in the movie, and expands the compositions from the clips played in…
Debut Single ‘Takin’ Off This Pain’ Topping Charts MCA Nashville will release Ashton Shepherd’s debut record “Sounds So Good,” produced by Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire), March 4. Shepherd co-wrote 10 songs for the 11-track album, 7 of which she single-handedly penned, including the debut single “Takin’ Off This Pain.”
Eric Sardinas – Eric Sardinas & Big Motor / 2008 Favored Nations / 11 Tracks / http://www.ericsardinas.com / I know that I had not heard of Favored Nations before picking up the latest Eric Sardinas album. Apparently, Steve Vai owns Favored Nations. This album is Sardinas’ fourth and first since 2003’s “Black Pearlsâ€. Sardinas’s style is very dependent on eir influences; individuals can immediately hear the work of individuals like…
Upon returning home from wreaking havoc across European soil TOTAL CHAOS will unleash their brand new highly anticipated album Avoid All Sides to the masses on Tuesday March 11th. For just shy of two decades TOTAL CHAOS has solidified themselves as a staple at the forefront of the American punk scene with their brand of spiky, raucous punk rock. While the scene has constantly been in a state of flux,…
Go Metric #19 / $2 / 1:00 / 88M / 801 Eagles Ridge Rd, Brewster, NY 10509 /[email protected] /Â The zine provided me with some real problems when I tried to crack it open for the first time; the massive amount of windows system font-generated text really put me off. However, after the first piece (the typical letter by the editor), the quality of material really begins to take off.…
Houston’s SCALE THE SUMMIT have confirmed plans to tour from late this month into late March across the southern and eastern United States, playing with a handful of different bands along the way, including several shows with God Is An Astronaut and an appearance by the instrumental quartet at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest music festival on March 14.
Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum / 2008 EMI Classics / 67 Minutes / http://www.paulmccartney.com / http://www.emiclassics.com / This DVD features material about “Ecce Cor Meum†(Behold My Heart), McCartney’s fourth classically-oriented CD. For those individuals that are not familiar with what “Ecce Cor Meum†entailed, it is a composition, specifically an oratorio in four movements, that is sang in both Latin and English. The primary focus of this DVD…
THE SUN AND THE MOON COMPLETE SCHEDULED FOR RELAUNCH IN STORES MARCH 18th ( THE SUN, original 12-song album produced and mixed by Brendan O’Brien & THE MOON, album reimagined/re-worked by The Bravery) TV placements wild for Top 10 Modern Rock hit “Believe” and “Time Won’t Let Me Go” – on The Hills, Friday Night Lights, Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty, and more!
