When singer Alex Norman and drummer Swav Pior met in high school and started their band they had two choices – wait around on the off chance that some A&R guy was actually going to recognize talent, or take the bull by the horns and do it themselves. They chose the latter, adding compadres John Doherty (bass) and Will Marr (guitar) to complete their vision. Together they played hundreds of…
The substantive part of “Paper Anniversary†starts with the very interesting track “Vertebraeâ€. The track is not interesting for how radio friendly it may be, but for Fellows’ tweaking of what time signatures that ey uses here. This tinkering turns “Vertebrae†into a track that lurches back and forth while still being a song that individuals can easily get behind. The gradual snowballing of strings on this track further gives…
Seldom has an album twisted so thrillingly through so many styles, nor over-flowed with so much melody and feeling. Little wonder that Black is being tipped by the world’s critics and bloggers as one of 2010’s most promising break through artists. If his name already rings a bell, that’s perhaps because you’ve heard everyone from Zane Lowe to Perez Hilton raving about HYPNTZ, the Notorious BIG cover which first brought…
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360� Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information. Also new on the U2 website…
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will be hitting the road with Veil Of Maya and Animals As Leaders starting on November 7th in Dayton, OH and rounding up on November 4th in Wilmington, NC. The full list of tour dates can be seen below. DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Nov 7, 2009 Kettering, OH @ The Attic Nov 9, 2009 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s Nov 10, 2009 Iowa City, IA @…
Acoustic emo is always hard to do properly, where bands like The Early November failed miserably at their attempts, bands like Boys Night Out and Yellowcard have made compelling cases for the possibility of these types of albums. Still, this isn’t the type of acoustic that something that unplugged has constructed in the vast majority of listeners’ minds; “Once Upon A Time†is an adulterated acoustic album, recorded as with…
GNAW will take part in Manhattan’s APEX FEST III: Two Days of Darkness, this November 13th and 14th (GNAW plays the 2nd day). The two-day festival takes place at Chashama Arts (217 E. 42nd Street) and also features performances by Aderlating (Gnaw Their Tongues side project), Aphelion, The Austerity Program, Hecate, Rise of Because (Rosetta side project), Strom, Unearthly Trance, Xiphod Dementia and more. Admission is $25 per day or…
Hard luck stories. Everybody’s got them or heard them, but it takes a special mind and wit to share them with the lyrical dexterity and aplomb that have become the hallmarks (and trademarks) of Ike Reilly’s critically-lauded records. Reilly’s a raconteur; to be sure, his songs ache and explode with a gritty realism to which everyone can relate on some level. His latest solo offering, entitled “Hard Luck Stories” –…
The Feeling must be the next big thing in Britain. “Sewn†just has that feeling, as if Shayne Ward was blended with Snow Patrol and Orson. This means that while the track conforms to the basic tenets of what “rock†is, there is enough in the way of pop influence to make this track a big splash in any radio charts in which it finds itself. The track will not…
TENTH AVENUE NORTH With one listen to Tenth Avenue North’s unique brand of intellectual, melodic pop-rock, it becomes obvious that songwriter Mike Donehey and his band mates have a gift for expressing truth in a way that simultaneously educates, enlightens and entertains. “Simply, our mission as a band is to know Christ and to make him known,†says Donehey. Band members are as much teachers as artists, demonstrating this through…
Global superstar and EMI/Priority Records recording artist Snoop Dogg announces his latest tour featuring hip hop greats Method Man, Redman and Devin the Dude. The tour, titled “Wonderland High School Tour,” is a bonafide hip hop lover’s dream and will kick off on October 27th in Baltimore and travel across North America. After 17 years and 30 million albums sold worldwide, as well as stints in both television and film,…
Mastiff, a leading publisher of interactive entertainment and Remington Arms Company, Inc. announced today that they will be teaming up to bring Remington’s legendary firearms to Wiiâ„¢. Mastiff established itself as a publisher of quality outdoor action titles with Deer Drive, its popular deer-hunting title for Wii, and the upcoming Shimano Xtreme Fishing, also for Wii. Mastiff’s outdoor sports videogames emphasize playability and fun, offer multiplayer action and always stay…
The rock of Federation X looks to early nineties rock like Corrosion of Conformity and Kyuss as it does to arena rock like Boston and other bands like Led Zeppelin and MC5. What results on “Rally Day” is a disc full of hooky guitar lines and memorable vocals. Each track is short enough to burn out while on top, instead of falling off heavily and having Federation X’s listeners get…
Phoenix, Arizona’s LANDMINE MARATHON have announced the title and other details of their forthcoming release on Prosthetic Records. The album is entitled, “Sovereign Descent ,” and was recorded at guitarist Ryan Butler’s Arcane Digital Recording Studios, where he’s recorded past efforts from the band, as well as Misery Index, Phobia, The Funeral Pyre and many more. The album will be mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (Converge,…
To celebrate twenty years of amazing records, Slumberland is promoting a series of shows featuring the very best bands from the label’s roster. Current bands like Crystal Stilts, Pants Yell! and Brown Recluse will be involved alongside special reunion sets from old skool SLR posse like The Ropers, Nord Express and Lorelei. Fri. Nov 13 Washington DC The Black Cat http://blackcatdc.com Crystal Stilts Brown Recluse Pants Yell! Frankie Rose and…
When I first put on “Art Damageâ€, I couldn’t get into it in any way. I had to put it on a second time and actually focus in so that a track like the opening one could open up to me. I could then pull out different sets of vocals, guitar and bass lines from the seemingly impenetrable mess that FBTMOF operates in. With double-bass pedals alit and guitar lines…
D-Lo returns to boast his newest track, “No Squares,” sporting the same swagger as his hit single “No Ho.” He collaborates with two of his Bay Area brethren to make a track with a simple message: No Nerds Allowed. Though the beat retains the same vibe as many other D-Lo creations, it successfully holds its own, periodically adding tripped out drones and robotic synths to compliment the vocals. The driving…
Critically acclaimed psych metal band ZOROASTER has signed a worldwide recording deal with E1 Music. The celebrated avant-garde trio will enter the studio in early 2010 with producer Sanford Parker (The Gates of Slumber, Pelican) to record its label debut and follow up to 2009’s Voice of Saturn. A summer 2010 release is expected. ZOROASTER, the Atlanta-based group who has been called “one of the U.S.’s most promising metal bands”…
Mulatto Patriot Productions has just announced the release of the instrumental album version for the “Sonic Visuals†LP, by Chicago producer and engineer Mulatto Patriot. The “Sonic Visuals†LP received placement and praise across the world, including radio stations like WMFU (Billy Jam), WUPX, WRFL, KHDC, KUEL, KBSC, Fusebox Radio (Syndicated), CFRO (Canada), KXCI and KOAS to just name a few. His tracks off this LP also received praise on…
With a set of vocals that mix Jethro Tull and Stevie Nicks, the style of music during a song like “Old Black Hat With A Dandelion Feather†seem to pull from a completely different (and older) tradition. While this is a little offsetting, Feathers come back strong with the mopey yet hopeful vocals of “To Each His Ownâ€. The repetition present in a track like this is intention and does…