The guitar work that opens up “You Leave Me Here†is something that feels like it should be back in the middle to late nineties. However, this is not a bad thing. The blend of this older style with a set of vocals that is current, in your face, and is a blend of Kelly Clarkson and Susanne Vega is perfect. The track should be the next big thing out…
03/12 – Goleta, CA The Hard To Find Showspace # 03/13 – Los Angeles, CA Spaceland #$ 03/14 – Tucson, AZ Plush 03/15 – El Paso, TX Black Market # 03/17 – Austin, TX Force Field / Terrorbird Party @ Red 7 (SXSW) 03/17 – Austin, TX HoZac Records Party @ Trailer Space (SXSW) 03/18 – Austin, TX Cafe Du Nord and Sapurros Party @ Cheers (SXSW) 03/18 – Austin,…
I don’t know really if what one could give this album is a title of “Acoustic Versesâ€, but the vocals present on a track like “Sweet Leaf†does not titillate as much as it sound like Bono crooning over the next U2 hit. The instrumentation present on the track is what really gives this song a second life, as the Medieval metal (a la Mortiis) sound of the arrangements really…
Once again Steve Martin has tapped the award-winning bluegrass group the Steep Canyon Rangers to tour with him in support of his Grammy®-winning Rounder Records release, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. The Banjo Tour will begin on April 19th in Detroit and is expected to continue into October, with performances scheduled at the New Orleans JazzFest, MerleFest and Bonnaroo. “I am very excited to begin my banjo…
Bigbang originally hail from Norway, but these days call the LA neighborhood Echo Park – or Edendale as it was known in the silent film days – their home. Once Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Kops romped and filmed in its streets; today Bigbang bring their stadium sound and rock n roll fervor to the scene. In March they’ll be bringing it to Austin and beyond: The…
ustin’s most talked about music duo Black Bone Child, whose debut album from last year garnered rave reviews worldwide from fans and critics alike, are back with not one but two new CDs scheduled for release on March 9th. The partnership of Donny James and Kenneth M has yeilded a fusion of styles that has been captivating audiences across the US. Between an exciting fresh take on slide guitar and…
Ruby Isle covers Appetite for Destruction for 2010 release, performs project at SXSW! “Who’s got time for subtlety when there’s dancing to be done?” – Pitchfork Electro cover machine Ruby Isle has announced that they are unveiling their latest cover project in early 2010. The “party band of the apocalypseâ€, known best for dance floor versions of Animal Collective, Decemberists and Bon Iver, has been re-recording Guns N’ Roses’ 1988…
“Jacket Full of Danger†starts off with Green doing a very seventies, lounge type of song in “Pay The Tollâ€. If the production of the track wasn’t as strong as it is on this track, individuals could easily confuse this track with something that was created in 1974. This is the theme of Green’s “Jacket Full of Dangerâ€; while the lyric material something that is typically much more adult than…
CONFIRMED U.S. TOUR DATES Tuesday, March 16 – Austin, TX – UKTI at SXSW @ Latitude 30 (aka The British Music Embassy) Thursday, March 18 – Austin, TX – Lose Control Party – SXSW @ Vice Thursday, March 18 – Austin, TX – LP33.TV Party – SXSW @ The Soho Lounge Friday, March 19 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore w/ Groove Armada Sunday, March 21 – Los Angeles,…
The type of screaming that starts off “Far From The Lies†seems to put Greeley Estates into the realm of emocore, while the stop-start nature of the later part of “The End of All We Know’ seems to solidify that comparison further. The one fun piece of this first track is when the band slides back into a driving emo type of style for the chorus; the screaming style shows…
In support of their latest album “Morphosis” (Listenable/E1), Polish death metal institution HATE anounce their first North American tour with HYPOCRISY, BLACKGUARD and SWASBUCKLE. Here are the confirmed dates/venues: May 11 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock May 12 – Mesa, AZ – UB’s May 13 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues May 14 – Santa Ana, CA – Galaxy Theatre May 15 – Ramona, CA – Ramona…
Live Nation has added a second show in Chicago on April 25th to the LOS TRES TOUR at the Allstate Arena, in addition to the previously announced April 24th date, which is nearly sold out, tickets for the Chicago shows go on sale TODAY. Due to popular demand new cities had been added to the tour: Atlanta on May 22nd at the Gwinnett Arena, tickets go on sale March 12th…
SXSW Dates 3/18 – Sitcom Serf Presents: I ♥ Brooklyn + Austin @ FADO Irish Pub, 6 PM 3/19 – The Dizzy Rooster (Family Records/Orchard), 1 PM 3/19 – Kung Fu Salon, 3:45 PM 3/21 – Obscure Mag Day Party, 2:30 PM Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You Track List: 1. Almost Everything 2. The Oh Song 3. Twenty-Two 4. Square Peg Round Hole…
Brazilian phenomenon Céu is returning to the US this Spring for the second time since her gorgeous sophomore album Vagarosa was released in July 2009 via Six Degrees Records. The cross-country tour kicks off with two shows in Seattle at the Triple Door on Monday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 13, and includes a performance at Coachella on Friday, April 16, in addition to covering Portland and San Francisco on…
Two things are true in music: first off, when a band does a covers disc, it will almost always suck (Tori Amos’ “Strange Little Girlsâ€, the Smoking Popes’ “Party’s Over†are two key examples, and secondly, One Little Indiana are masters at putting out weak albums, including Fluke and Sandy Dillon this last year. Now, even with both of these facts in play, The Twilight Singers fight valiantly in trying…
The release of The Vision Bleak’s fourth album “Set Sail To Mystery” (May 4th in North America) will be celebrated with a few release parties in Germany and Austria. 01.04.2010 – Ochsenfurt (near Würzburg), Postkeller 02.04.2010 – Ingolstadt, Take Off 03.04.2010 – Bielefeld, Falkendom 03.04.2010 – Wien, Escape (after the concert with attendance of the musicians) 03.04.2010 – Hannover, Destiny 04.04.2010 – Leverkusen, Shadow 09.04.2010 – Asendorf, Break Out Additional…
Alternative Tentacles has went about and gotten another great individual to go and record a spoken-world album in Greg Palast. While I was not personally familiar with Palast before this disc, Palast is factual as well as hard-hitting with eir’s facts. In this, Palast is a mixture of David Barsamian and Jello Biafra, but with a fury that can not be categorized in any certain term. While Palast does not…
As expected, the mini-tour featuring Ibex Moon Records’ HOD and GRAVEHILL was a whirlwind of brutality that left the state of Texas in shambles. Over the course of three shows the Ibex Moon labelmates set a new standard for live intensity as each band delivered some of the best extreme metal in the underground today. HOD guitarist Carl “Lord Necron” Snyder issued this summary of the slaughter: “The Texas onslaught…
Richmond, Virginia’s blackened riff destroyers INTER ARMA have posted a new track from their forthcoming “Sundown” LP on Forcefield Records/Mirror Universe Records here: http://www.myspace.com/InterArmaMetal INTER ARMA will be hitting the road to support the album throughout the spring & summer, with the following dates confirmed thus far: 03/06/10 – Washington, DC @ Corpse Fortress – w/ Braveyoung (fka Giant), Ilsa, Bodycop 03/07/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Kopec’s – w/ Skinless…
Gravity Propulsion System – Get Destroy / 2005 Ascetic / 8 Tracks / http://www.gravitypropulsionsystem.com / http://www.asceticrecords.com / Reviewed 28 October 2005 With equal parts of Misfits and A Wilhelm Screamed mixed together to make some of the smoothest (yet angular) noise pun, Gravity Propulsion use shrill guitar lines to attack their listeners. The first track on the disc “What Can I Say†is much in the same vein as a…