An award-winning songwriter, Marcia writes story songs that span genres, packed with emotional content and lyrics that connect the listener to the common well of human experience. She grew up in a household filled with music and musical instruments, and spent her formative years listening to classical, folk, and pop music. Later she became exposed to country music, and was drawn to its stories. Marcia has just released her first…
“A beguiling listen from start to finish; a heartfelt, romantic, fuzzy, ethereal and beautiful, right down to the most abrupt of endings… It sends a shiver down the spine every time.” – UK Times on album opener ‘I Wish I Knew’Â
Austrailia’s Top Metal/Hardcore Band Parkway Drive Returns to the US for a Headlining Tour and Bamboozle America, brace yourself as the masters of Aussie metalcore Parkway Drive make their triumphant return for a blistering headlining spring tour and performances at Bamboozle and Bamboozle Left in support of the band’s brutish sophomore album Horizons. The band recently wrapped up the Thrash & Burn Tour as well as an excursion with Killswitch…
Starting out with indie gold in “I Need You Backâ€, Brooklyn’s Ben Kweller shows that ey hasn’t lost eir’s ear for successful, poppy yet chock full of indie cred tracks. Fred Eltringham and Mike Stroud, Kweller’s drummer and guitar respectively, are essential to create the perfect, free from the restraints of time sound of Kweller, sounding at times like an early Tom Petty or even current wunderkind Ted Leo. The…
Green Carnation – this Norwegian band was formed in 1990 and has created songs from both progressive rock and progressive metal genres. The band’s music was continuously losing its heaviness with each release – from straight forward death metal, doom metal/progressive metal, to a more hard rock-sounding form of progressive rock and in 2006, went as far as to releasing an entirely acoustic album “Acoustic Versesâ€.
With the most powerful supersonic vocal range ever, heavy guitar riffs and hard hitting lyrics “The Commander-In-Chief†fires her vocal missiles at corporate greed, dictators and failed systems on her sensational debut EP “State of the Union 2009â€.
There is a definite difficulty in trying to categorize or even talk about what type of band …Bender is. The closest thing I can come with is an ambient band that creates soundscapes, not ever conforming to what would be expected from them if they were a more conformational band. Vocals on tracks such as “Trouble Is†are not just to purvey a specific message but also to step in…
Dates in support of collaborative album Dark Developments include stop at Carnegie Hall for REM tribute night.
Greg Ryder left his beloved Wisconsin as a very young man. A skier and entertainer, he eventually set down roots in Durango, Colorado, where he was inspired to revive the songs of the Old West and to begin to record his original songs, based on his own life and the history of the Old West. He writes what he know best. He was the son of a dairy farmer in…
Formed in Edinburgh in 2003, We Were Promised Jetpacks tasted success early when they won their high school’s battle of the bands competition. The four-piece came to FatCat’s attention when listening to some of the friends on the Frightened Rabbit’s (now labelmates) MySpace page. We Were Promised Jetpacks had already gotten attention and airplay from KEXP, XFM, and the BBC – before any official release – on the strength of…
Swedish black metal horde Marduk will set North America ablaze this spring on what will prove to be one of the most brutal tours of the year. Appropriately dubbed Blackenedfest, the band will pillage their way through 21 cities, beginning with The Fillmore in New York City on March 21st and closing at Les Foufounes Electriques in Montreal, with notorious Norwegian black metallers Mayhem. Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation and Withered…
Yet another of the oddly-premised bands off of the Columbus-based label Diaphragm records, Behemoth plays a type of down-and-dirty punk music that reminds one of “Jesus Built My Hotrodâ€- era Ministry meets ZZ Top and Black Sabbath. While I am going purely by the cd liner notes, the band looks to have an average age of 35, and yet still rocks out more than kids that are 20. With guitars…
They’re back to kick your ass! For over a decade, Nashville Pussy has been bringing the fire and spirit of REAL rock n’ roll to stages all across the planet. With four acclaimed full-lengths and a Grammy nomination in tow, the band has honed their most impressive recording to date in the form of From Hell To Texas.
It is with immense reverence that Southern Lord Recordings announces the signing of Chicago heavy-rock instrumental icons Pelican. Their genre-defying sound and eagerness to explore new musical directions will fit right at home alongside similar bands on the label like Earth, Boris and sunn 0))). Pelican is currently at Red Room studios in Seattle, WA recording an EP that will be their first release on Southern Lord. The new material…
B.I.T.E.’s vocalist Adam sounds as if eir does not have English as a native language. This is not to say that ey screws up verbs and tenses, but rather the accents on some of the syllables on “No Direction†are a little odd compared to most American English speakers. The recording on “No Direction is a little rough as well, favoring a gritty/high end feel that gives much greater attention…
The Chronicalz of Klock Werk†takes you back to the nativity of Klock Werk Ent to the reputable label it is today. This CD is a compilation of Klock Werk performers of the past and the present. It includes a multiplicity of lyrical styles from artist like, “Buck Breeze, Divine, 100Proof, Hannabul, Ms. China, Jess, 6th Lock, Renee, Young Dizz, Ace 1, Legacy and Ms Madamâ€.
Candlelight today confirms the worldwide signing of Norway’s Susperia. Currently finishing work on their fifth album, the band recently announced a string of early spring UK dates that will kick off what is expected to be a busy year for the popular Norwegian metal band. “Ten years and still the same five guys,” exclaims vocalist Athera of the band’s long commitment to their music. “We have worked nearly two years…
Philadelphia’s Javelina (pronounced “ha-va-‘lE-na”) are preparing their sophomore release for Translation Loss Records and will hit Chicago this March to spend a week with Sanford Parker at Volume Studios (Pelican, Rwake, Nachtmystium, Minsk) and will be mastered by Mick Mullin at Super 8 Studios (Intronaut, Mastodon, Fight Amp). The band will be recording nine original tunes for their Translation Loss follow up to 2008’s self-titled release along with a Buzzv*en…
Trying to be emotive and filling eir’s songs with earthy tones might work for established bands like Radiohead, but here, the earthiness and ethereal tangents of tracks like “Time A Bind†really just don’t provide a listener with a path of listening, just a take it or leave it attitude. The CD winds on, but nothing here is revolutionary – Ben’s journey along this disc is a trip that already…
In honor of the latest Bruce Springsteen album release, The Avett Brothers were asked to be a part of “Hangin’ Out on E Street.” Showing how they draw inspiration and are influenced by Bruce’s music The Avett Brothers put on a performance of their favorite song, “Glory Daysâ€.