Gargantua Soul is a hard-rock/light metal band that mixes together Deftones, Clutch, Korn, and the like to make a rock stew. The recording on this demo is rough, but not too rough to make the disc unlistenable. However, the distortion on the guitars, which have the typical metal over-distorted crunch to them, are something that could and should have been changed before recording this CD. The songs, including the opening…
Al Jarnow may not be a household name, but if your childhood consisted of watching PBS television series such as Sesame Street, 3-2-1 Contact and Infinity Factory, you’ve seen his films. Tens of millions of children and adults have viewed his stop motion, time lapse, and cel animation masterpieces over the last 40 years. For the first time, all 45 individual films have been restored and color corrected to original…
Sea Wolf burst into 2010 riding the wave of one of the biggest cultural phenomena in recent memory, “Twilight: New Moon,” the wildly successful vampire franchise, with original song, “The Violet Hour.” This followed the release of the band’s acclaimed sophomore album, White Water, White Bloom, on Dangerbird Records, as well as a national headline tour. Next month, Sea Wolf is picking up again with a new single and more…
LIZZY BORDEN announces three exclusive California dates to start off 2010. These first of the New Year shows will be a best of LIZZY BORDEN, incorporating songs from the entire catalog including the latest record Appointment With Death. “These will be the first headlining shows on the west coast that we’ve done in a long while,†explains Lizzy. “We are hyped and can’t wait to see our friends and fans.…
Jon Garcia is another individual that tires to make their fame through playing a style of adult contemporary rock that is full of energy and soul. While there is a tremendous amount of emotion shown in Garcia’s own vocals on the tracks of the disc, perhaps more emotional has to be the arrangements that await listeners during tracks like “Sweet Miseryâ€. The inclusion of strings during “Sweet Misery†is that…
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ATO Records is excited to announce that the explosive Mexican guitar-shredding Rodrigo y Gabriela have announced their Spring 2010 tour of North America. The dates begin February 28th at the 9:30 club in Washington, DC, run through March, and culminate with a special performance at New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall on April 29th. These dates are a part of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s world tour in support of their…
The intensity of the industrial drone that is placed behind lead singer, Shirley Manson’s vocals as ey goes through the opening of “Bad Boyfriendâ€, itself a homage to Foreigner, cannot be compared. The very-artificial sound of “Run Baby Run†shows that Garbage, even in their veteran state can take of the dance/synth-rock of bands like The Bravery and The Killers and incorporate it into the same general brain trust that…
Sony Classical is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive agreement with American pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Known for her intelligent but emotive performances, Dinnerstein has been called “…a phenomenon in the world of classical music†by The Washington Post. The New York-based pianist gained an international following because of the remarkable success of her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, which she raised the funds to record. Released in 2007,…
The bottle of Black Bush came in a metal tin that showcases its pedigree, which can be traced back over 400 years. There is a rich golden-amber color to Bushmill’s Black Bush that is alluring but at the same time showing the hard-hitting side of the spirit. The initial nose of Black Bush is a little less biting than a Tennessee whiskey, but is not quite as smooth as some…
Nebula will embark on a month long European / UK Tour beginning January 27th in Madrid, Spain. The tour will be in support of “Heavy Psych” an album which marked the bands return to Tee Pee Records for the first time since their debut LP Let It Burn. The band completed a massively successful US Tour with The Entrance Band in September, appeared at the 2009 CMJ Music Festival and…
Acclaimed U.K. five-piece Fanfarlo (namely lead singer/songwriter Simon Balthazar and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas) recently visited SPIN HQ. The duo performed “Drowning Men” and “Comets,” both from the band’s 2009 debut Reservoir, plus two others from their repertoire: new track “Atlas” and a cover of Bonnie Prince Billy’s “A Minor Place.” Visit http://spin.com/articles/watch-fanfarlo-play-acoustic-spin-hq. Fanfarlo will return to the U.S. in February for a handful of tour dates, kicking off February 20…
I was excited as hell when I learned that Gang Of Four were coming out with a new album; “To Hell With Poverty†starts off the disc and seems to have a lot to do with the angular dance-punk of bands like Franz Ferdinand and Electric Six than anything else. Hell, there are even hints of both early U2 tand the Sisters of Mercy during this track’s runtime, so chances…
Vancouver’s Fan Death (aka Dandilion Wind Opaine and Marta Jaciubek-McKeever) have just announced a series of highly anticipated live shows this March, bringing their beautifully dark, theatric take on classic electronic pop to many North American cities for the first time. On tour supporting the UK’s electro-pop phenom Little Boots, dates begin March 2nd in New York, concluding with several appearances at SXSW to be announced. Recently amassing over 100,000…
Bear Hands release their new single ‘What A Drag’ on Cantora Records and for one month, you can download the tunes for free! Just when all the fuss is exploding on the Brooklyn indie art and pop rock scene, Cantora Records are ready to unleash Brooklyn’s Bear Hands US debut single, and their sexiest tune yet, What A Drag on February 16th. But this band doesn’t sound like they are…
Sounding like Billie Joe Armstrong’s half-brother, The Gamits’ vocal assault mixes well with the emo stylings of Chris’ guitar work. Nearly together for a decade, The Gamits show that they really know what they are doing, arranging the tracks on “Antidote†with a care that would even amaze the kids from Jawbreaker or Samiam. The building intensity of a track like “Curious Vanessa Black†and the ability of the band…
Excitement continues to grow as the kick-off of the George Strait and Reba tour approaches. After Baltimore, they continue to Greensboro, NC with additional dates coast to coast through March. With a repertoire of countless fan favorites and award-winning hits, choosing a set list will be the biggest challenge for the three stars. Of course recent hits including Strait’s fast moving “Twang†which currently sits at #12 on Billboard and…
Described by designer Jacques Herzog as capturing “the moment in history where an old world, an antique world, is collapsing and something new is rising out of the rubble,†Verdi’s Attila has never before been staged by the Metropolitan Opera. Now, with opening night just weeks away, Opera News’s February issue brings the company’s first production of the “rousing early opera†into focus. Making his highly-anticipated Met debut in the…
Armed with some of their most dynamic and engaging work to date, Philadelphia-based rapper Freeway and producer Jake One are seizing the moment and setting out to stimulate the hip-hop economy with three album release parties in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. The heralded collaboration, The Stimulus Package, marks Freeway’s third official album and his first release for Rhymesayers Entertainment, voted best label of the decade by URB Magazine. The…
Another Doghouse band that has the utmost devotion to their sound, ensuring that Four to Go will be the most crisply recorded, that there will be no dropped guitar lines, and that Guy’s bass line continue to assault you throughout the recording. Walking the thin line between power-rock and pop-punk, Gameface follows the path set out by Audio Adrenaline, Nada Surf, and DC Talk in creating an album that will…