7/13 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC 7/14 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC 7/16 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY 7/17 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY 7/18 – House of Blues – Boston, MA 7/21 – Olympia De Montreal – Montreal, Canada 7/22 – Kool Haus – Toronto, Canada 7/24 – The Fillmore – Detroit, MI 7/25 – The LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH 7/27 –…
“Senorita (Lookout)†is what I would imagine The Stooges sounding like if they actually started in 2000 instead of the early seventies. This is not the type of dirty rock that bands like Turbonegro play, but rather a mixture of punk and rock that gives equal time to both styles.â€Little Demon†shows The Chuck Norris Experiment as a band that is tremendously in debt to KISS, especially “Deuceâ€-era KISS. This…
Schaad self-produced and engineered her newest release, Dream Within a Dream mentored by sound engineer guru, Lynn Murphy, known for his work with Jean-Luc Ponty, Don Henley, and Roger Waters. Schaad’s three earlier releases, The Raven Project (1998), Songspell (1999) and The Journey (2001) focused on her immaculate, virtuosic violin and viola playing in a hybrid style that melded classical, Celtic, blues and world music. Dream Within a Dream, while…
A-TRAK EMBARKS ON 20+ DATE 10,000LB HAMBURGER TOUR THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA THIS SUMMER DANCEFLOOR DARLINGS RYE RYE AND TREASURE FINGERS TO OPEN A-Trak, undoubtedly the year’s hardest working DJ and producer responsible for two recent mix albums, Infinity +1 and Fabriclive 45, is announcing his tour de force, pun intended: the 10,000LB Hamburger Tour. The famously blogging, air mile accumulating, twittering tastemaker will be hitting North American live venues this…
Curumin will be back in North America this summer, bringing his own brand of samba-soul to festival-goers across the continent. The tour is bookended by stops in New York (at SummerStage on July 8 with Juana Molina, at Southpaw on July 26) but in between he’ll be playing everything from the Montreal International Jazz Fest to San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival, not to mention shows in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Ottawa,…
Christine Martucci sounds a lot like other pop-rock singers of an earlier era, with comparisons that can be made to individuals like Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge. The hard edge of songs like “Too Late†are good, as they give Martucci a different sound than the aforementioned artists. “Too Late†is a track that can make it onto pop stations without anything in the way of changes. The slower tempo…
Publik Parking, formed in 2003, is an ever-evolving alternative/metal band who has recently signed with Revolution Music Records. Monica’s sultry melodic to growling vocals has set Publik Parking’s style away from the rest. All the while, Neiko’s strong, complimenting backup vocals along with his aggressively, gritty guitar riffs, and Tucker’s highly energetic guitar style and rhythm lends itself well to the musical mix. Tim’s vigorously enthusiastic bass style to Erik’s…
Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, today announced that it will publish “AFRIKA” for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The company’s first title for PLAYSTATION®3, “AFRIKA” takes players on a photographic safari of Africa and its exotic animals. The game will be available at retail early fall 2009. “We are very excited to be releasing “AFRIKA” in North America, and thrilled to be working with…
To be honest, this CD is not what I expect to be hearing from Asian Man Records. This album was recorded on a walkman, and still really is full of bouncy reggae music that brings me back to an era in which I was not even born in. “Switchblade to Soul” has virtually no connection to the current, sounding as if it was dug out of the vaults at some…
SPIN Magazine: “Together the two’s vocals, paired with their brand of sunshine lo-fi, teeter on the shrill end, a la the beginnings of electric-Dylan.†URB: Their 60s influenced, easy going sound contrasts well with rugged love ballad lyrics and keep listeners in head-bobbing, foot tapping heaven. American Songwriter: “Drug Rug plays a mightily banged-up mix of blues, rock and country that,in spite of itself, manages to be insanely catchy and…
Rikets have announced the bulk of tour dates for their Hollywood Music Tv Sponsored “The Gunslingers Tour†alongside Butcher Jones (ex-SIXSTITCH). Rikets frontman Scott Rose commented, “We can’t wait to get back out on tour! We truly feel most at home when we are on stage.” Rikets has been in the studio working on their upcoming new album “All American Death Cult†scheduled for release this fall. The band is…
What happens when really rich bankers get stupid and implode the financial system? They lay off folks and odds are one of them will eventually write a music album! Never one to rush things (and consequently avoid delivering a quality product), Gondo took 35 years to actually grow the balls to write a few songs, record them, and publish them. The album “At The Twilight’s Last Gleaming” is the result.…
“The Sacred Feminine†starts out with a piano that is emotional in its output, but does not seem to give individuals much of an idea what Choose to Find ultimately sounds like. Will the band come into a more indie approach, a classical approach, or something resembling the feminist-pop of individuals like Dar Williams, Tori Amos, and Ani DiFranco. The instrumentation continues without any vocal cues, but by the time…
After releasing three albums of original music, touring worldwide, and making scores of remixes for bands like Stereolab, Ratatat, and Architecture in Helsinki, Jona Bechtolt, the former half of The Blow otherwise known as YACHT, has taken his “life project” to a new level. Last year YACHT (Young Americans Challenging High Technology) reincarnated as a duo, with Bechtolt joined by new full-time member Claire L. Evans – an accomplished science…
“The Bell brothers are fundamentally not fundamental and their talents for chimes and loops, which create a steady state of rhythm and rolling but could never give off any motion sickness, are seemingly endless. There is blissfulness and there is bluster that – if you wanted to save money on your winter utility bills – could be used to heat your entire house. It’s a warm blaze that they entice…
After reading so much laudatory praise about this band, I was quite amazed to hear that they were just another dance act that seemed ultimately influenced by bands like Apell, Depeche Mode, Orbital, and Kraftwerk. I really was not sure what to expect from the band, but “Louden Up Now†attacks every possible corner of the dance phenomenon, instead of driving itself into a rut like Fluke’s “Puppyâ€. Instead of…
After reading so much laudatory praise about this band, I was quite amazed to hear that they were just another dance act that seemed ultimately influenced by bands like Apell, Depeche Mode, Orbital, and Kraftwerk. I really was not sure what to expect from the band, but “Louden Up Now†attacks every possible corner of the dance phenomenon, instead of driving itself into a rut like Fluke’s “Puppyâ€. Instead of…
311 fans can rejoice as the band unleashes Uplifter, their first new album in three years on June 2nd through Volcano/JIVE Records. In addition to a pre-order which automatically enters you into a contest to win an autographed guitar, side-stage tickets and other great prize packs, the band is streaming the entire album on their MySpace page through the end of today, giving a sneak peek to fans who simply…
“….don’t look for any traces of blip-hop, hoodie-approved indiecentricity or world-beat mashups here. Instead, you’re gonna get a dose of pure, unfiltered rawk like your bellbottoms-clad mama used to sing to ya as a tyke, from the iconic likes of the Allmans, Derek & the Dominoes and Humble Pie to such latterday practitioners as the Black Crowes, Gov’t Mule and the North Mississippi Allstars.â€â€” Fred Mills, Blurt “…the band utilizes…
“Dream excerpt no. 1†is a track that is eclectic in its sound, blending together indie music with folk and even alt-country. There is little in the way of instrumental adornment to be had with the track, but Hall’s vocals take a strong step forward in the creation of an impressive first glance. “Sunny Day†brings in a little bit more to the instrumental side of things, and listeners will…