Hit The Lights new video for “Drop The Girl” debuts on MTV.com and can be seen here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/hit-the-lights/332348/drop-the-girl.jhtml
Available now is the full-length debut from New Jersey-based doom mongrels Maegashira, The Stark Arctic. The six-track, hour-long album was recorded and mixed by Lou Gorra (Halfway To Gone) at Redline Archiving in Little Silver, NJ, and mastered by Mick Mullin (High On Fire, Zodiak, Total Fucking Destruction) and sees distribution through Connecticut’s Spare Change Records. The band had this to say: “The day we thought would never come finally…
After two successful tours and album releases in 2008, the “ambassadors of Nashville indie-pop” (Nashville Scene), known collectively as Ten Out Of Tenn, will head West on the third leg of their U.S. tour sponsored by American Songwriter. The tour will kick off March 12 in Louisiana and take and extended stop in Austin for SXSW on March 18-21.
“Sunset†begins with a compressed synthesizer land that seems plucked out of an early seventies movie, and goes with it, creating a Halloween-like atmosphere (like those .99 CDs at the craft stores) for the rest of the song, with its incorporation of spooky guitar lines. Reminiscent of Bauhaus with “Nosferatuâ€, albeit with a less impacting set of vocals (the vocals are more along the lines of a Placebo than anything),…
Recent Fueled By Ramen edition, pop rock female-fronted VersaEmerge is setting the stage to become the breakout band that everyone will be talking about. Recently the band has been preparing for the digital release of their debut EP for Fueled By Ramen with James Paul Wisner (New Found Glory, Underoath). VersaEmerge are excited to hit the road and get their music out to people on a larger scale than ever…
Yuill, who imaginatively creates indie folk tunes with electronic elements, is quickly becoming an influential part of London’s popular “folktronica” scene. His full-length North American debut, TURNING DOWN WATER FOR AIR, will be released this Spring.
Hit The Lights new video for “Drop The Girl” debuts today on MTV.com and can be seen here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/hit-the-lights/332348/drop-the-girl.jhtml
CORMORANT bassist/vocalist Arthur von Nagel checked in this weekend with a quick update from the studio. The band has decided to enlist Justin Weis at Trakworx Studios (who has worked with Hammers of Misfortune, Ludicra, Slough Feg, and hundreds of others) to mix their upcoming full-length.
Psychedelic stoner rock duo LETHE have just released an update on Mnemosyne, their upcoming debut full-length for Reptile Records. Lethe is a two-man project that was started by Dylan Desmond and Joe Proffitt of SAMOTHRACE in 2004. They enlisted a score of friends and guest musicians to aid in the completion of Mnemosyne, including contributions from John Momberg (who has played with Unwed Sailor, Kelpie, Appleseed Cast and Koufax), JC…
We’re here to tell you that Begone Dull Care, the remarkable new album from the duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus, professionally known as Junior Boys, is set for release on March 24th in their native Canada, with the US to follow on April 7th. The album’s release will be preceded by its lead single, “Hazel” on 12″ and digital formats.
South Philadelphia vegan straight edge natives KINGDOM are set to release their new album “The Rage That Guides†on March 31st, 2009 through Eulogy Recordings. This album was recorded by Drew Faulk In December 2008. They are currently on tour in Europe with Bishop and have plans to tour the U.S. this spring.
his new single “Epilepsy is Dancing”. They in turn invited painters Tino Rodriguez and Virgo Paradiso to create costumes and a mystical environment and choreographer Sean Dorsey and his dancers to bring the dream sequence to life. Antony’s artistic partner Johanna Constantine stars as herself in the role of “Deer Monster”. The video was lit and shot by the up-and-coming directors of photography, Chris Blasingame and Banker White, and produced…
The Awkward Romance is a bizarre mixture of emo and rock that comes out not sounding like any one specific band, but showcasing different influences throughout. Taking the lead duties of vocals, the sound of “Wake Up, Wonder Twins†really begins to increase the stock of the CD, and the double-vocal assault of “Like Hypochndriacs Need Placebos†just provides another notch in the band’s belt. The music is not at…
Only two years passed by since the release of Gui Boratto’s fabulous debut album “Chromophobiaâ€. But Gui achieved almost everything you can dream of in techno world. With his powerful live set he’s devastated almost every relevant club on this planet. If you’d print his remixography you’d have to put it in your book shelf next to weighty tomes like “Gone with the windâ€. Yet, he shows absolutely no traces…
From studying music at Oxford University, to starting one of the early live electronic acts (Beat Foundation) in the 90’s with Andy Cato of Groove Armada, to writing a string of underground club hits on his label Playtime, Mike Monday has consistently stood apart from the crowd. His two albums ‘Smorgasboard’ and ‘Songs without Words’ released on OM records last September, ably demonstrate his power and aptitude for the dancefloor.…
Metal Mind Productions presents re-issues of two albums taken from the discography of Tank – one of the most influential formations which emerged in the beginnings of the N.W.O.B.H.M. madness. The group was formed in Croydon (London, England) in 1980 by Alasdair “Algy” Mackie Ward, an experienced front man who wanted to go beyond his previous musical experiences which included playing in The Saints and The Damned. As the story…
“Wheels, No Engines†seems to begin much in the same way as a Fischerspponer track, but Awesome New Republic shows their sound to be much more complicative and inclusive than being describable by just a few acts. There are hints of Talking Heads, Radiohead, and Death Cab For Cutie strewn about this dreamy, electronic pop act. The professionality enjoyed by the band is perfect for the style of music that…
Seth Walker will make you believe with his forthcoming new album, Leap of Faith, set for release March 3 on Hyena Records. A rising star in blues and roots music, the young Austin, Texas-based songwriter, singer and guitarist has made his finest record to date. Recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Gary Nicholson, the twelve-track collection showcases Walker’s impressive command of modern rhythm and blues, as it…
Since her Polaris Prize-nominated album “Woke Myself Up”, everything has come together in JULIE DOIRON’s world.
Going through the promo pack that Hopeless sent for this disc, I was totally expecting an AFI-ripoff band. The glossy photo had a member wearing an AFI shirt, and the general look of this disc looked dark. Avenged Sevenfold is yet another band that completely changed my preconceived notions from what I gleaned from the promo kit and CD art. This band completely stretches out the perception of anything they…